3 ms·

Result: nothing found yet

by m3kw9 6y ago

paulpauper 6y ago
nothing will ever be found. the experiment was flawed/doomed to begin with due to the huge galactic distances involved. satellite data has ruled out any habitable planets in a close enough radius to ever be detectable by seti even if they did have intelligent life
- Dumblydorr 6y ago
  How did satellite data rule that out? We've seen a variety of earth-like exoplanets, and we're sending up satellites to study their atmospheres. Seems to me like they haven't ruled it out, why else send up the James webb?
  - irrational 6y ago
    Isn’t the mission of the James Webb to study the earliest galaxies in the universe? I’ve never heard of it being used for SETI work.
- deeviant 6y ago
  > satellite data has ruled out any habitable planets in a close enough radius to ever be detectable by seti even if they did have intelligent life Satellite data? What Satellite data? What do you define as "close enough radius"? Why?
  - ripper1138 6y ago
    Not OP, but “close enough radius” alludes to the fact that earths current radio output would only be detectable in a radius some hundreds of light years away (signal would become too weak past that). And I’m pretty sure our radio signal output is now decreasing in energy. So it becomes increasingly less likely with distance that a radio source would exist that we could currently detect. But I guess this study states that it could detect a theoretical “beacon” that is intentionally incredibly powerful.
- m4rtink 6y ago
  As if planets were still a necessity for advanced enough civilization once they get their megascale engineering going to fix all their resource and energy problems. IMHO that's how we will detect the aliens, by spotting one of their megastructures or their side effects (waste heat, gravitational effects, light blocking, stray directional coms traffic, etc.), not by getting any targeted message handed to us on a platter. Could be we are seeing some of that now, thinking it's a some kind of a weird but natural phenomenon.

Result: nothing found yet

by m3kw9 6y ago

Result: nothing found yet

nothing will ever be found. the experiment was flawed/doomed to begin with due to the huge galactic distances involved. satellite data has ruled out any habitable planets in a close enough radius to ever be detectable by seti even if they did have intelligent life

Dumblydorr 6y ago
How did satellite data rule that out? We've seen a variety of earth-like exoplanets, and we're sending up satellites to study their atmospheres. Seems to me like they haven't ruled it out, why else send up the James webb?
- irrational 6y ago
  Isn’t the mission of the James Webb to study the earliest galaxies in the universe? I’ve never heard of it being used for SETI work.
deeviant 6y ago
> satellite data has ruled out any habitable planets in a close enough radius to ever be detectable by seti even if they did have intelligent life Satellite data? What Satellite data? What do you define as "close enough radius"? Why?
- ripper1138 6y ago
  Not OP, but “close enough radius” alludes to the fact that earths current radio output would only be detectable in a radius some hundreds of light years away (signal would become too weak past that). And I’m pretty sure our radio signal output is now decreasing in energy. So it becomes increasingly less likely with distance that a radio source would exist that we could currently detect. But I guess this study states that it could detect a theoretical “beacon” that is intentionally incredibly powerful.
m4rtink 6y ago
As if planets were still a necessity for advanced enough civilization once they get their megascale engineering going to fix all their resource and energy problems. IMHO that's how we will detect the aliens, by spotting one of their megastructures or their side effects (waste heat, gravitational effects, light blocking, stray directional coms traffic, etc.), not by getting any targeted message handed to us on a platter. Could be we are seeing some of that now, thinking it's a some kind of a weird but natural phenomenon.