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  1. What if the first sign of ETI was a Big Dumb Object, a vast and clearly artificial construction that dwarfs Humanity's scale and maybe gives us a moment to pause and think about things.
    The antics of Oligarchs and Presidents are nothing when compared to a Dyson Swarm...

    centauri-dreams.org/2026/04/24

    #SETI #BDO #Megastructures #Space #CordwainerSmith #ScienceFiction

  2. What if the first sign of ETI was a Big Dumb Object, a vast and clearly artificial construction that dwarfs Humanity's scale and maybe gives us a moment to pause and think about things.
    The antics of Oligarchs and Presidents are nothing when compared to a Dyson Swarm...

    centauri-dreams.org/2026/04/24

    #SETI #BDO #Megastructures #Space #CordwainerSmith #ScienceFiction

  3. What if the first sign of ETI was a Big Dumb Object, a vast and clearly artificial construction that dwarfs Humanity's scale and maybe gives us a moment to pause and think about things.
    The antics of Oligarchs and Presidents are nothing when compared to a Dyson Swarm...

    centauri-dreams.org/2026/04/24

    #SETI #BDO #Megastructures #Space #CordwainerSmith #ScienceFiction

  4. What if the first sign of ETI was a Big Dumb Object, a vast and clearly artificial construction that dwarfs Humanity's scale and maybe gives us a moment to pause and think about things.
    The antics of Oligarchs and Presidents are nothing when compared to a Dyson Swarm...

    centauri-dreams.org/2026/04/24

    #SETI #BDO #Megastructures #Space #CordwainerSmith #ScienceFiction

  5. What if the first sign of ETI was a Big Dumb Object, a vast and clearly artificial construction that dwarfs Humanity's scale and maybe gives us a moment to pause and think about things.
    The antics of Oligarchs and Presidents are nothing when compared to a Dyson Swarm...

    centauri-dreams.org/2026/04/24

    #SETI #BDO #Megastructures #Space #CordwainerSmith #ScienceFiction

  6. I've read of Megastructure for living on, and Megastructures for moving a star system, but what of Megastructures purely for Art?
    Obviously you wouldn't want to make TOO visible to the Universe, unless you were feeling brave...

    #Worldbuilding #Megastructures #Space

  7. To find advanced #civilizations, you don’t need to go hunting for #megastructures or hypothetical #space probes.

    You could find civilizations by looking for a key element: #hydrogen. #Deuterium holds a whole lot of promise for nuclear fusion.

    To harvest deuterium, an alien civilization might draw it from its oceans. This would cause a visible imbalance in the deuterium-to-hydrogen ratio, potentially visible with next-generation telescopes.

    #astrobiology
    astronomy.com/science/could-de

  8. My kickstartered MegaStructures book arrived (pretty much on time, which is fab!). Looks pretty awesome :). Thanks to and great work by @artofsoulburn ! #scifi #art #books #megastructures

  9. #DysonSpheres: Could #alien #megastructures exist in the #MilkyWay? Scientists found 7 places to look
    Have scientists discovered infrared radiation, evidence of waste heat generated by the energy-harvesting star-surrounding spheres first proposed by British American physicist #FreemanDyson?
    cnn.com/2024/06/13/science/dys

  10. #DysonSpheres: Could #alien #megastructures exist in the #MilkyWay? Scientists found 7 places to look
    Have scientists discovered infrared radiation, evidence of waste heat generated by the energy-harvesting star-surrounding spheres first proposed by British American physicist #FreemanDyson?
    cnn.com/2024/06/13/science/dys

  11. : Could exist in the ? Scientists found 7 places to look
    Have scientists discovered infrared radiation, evidence of waste heat generated by the energy-harvesting star-surrounding spheres first proposed by British American physicist ?
    cnn.com/2024/06/13/science/dys

  12. #DysonSpheres: Could #alien #megastructures exist in the #MilkyWay? Scientists found 7 places to look
    Have scientists discovered infrared radiation, evidence of waste heat generated by the energy-harvesting star-surrounding spheres first proposed by British American physicist #FreemanDyson?
    cnn.com/2024/06/13/science/dys

  13. #DysonSpheres: Could #alien #megastructures exist in the #MilkyWay? Scientists found 7 places to look
    Have scientists discovered infrared radiation, evidence of waste heat generated by the energy-harvesting star-surrounding spheres first proposed by British American physicist #FreemanDyson?
    cnn.com/2024/06/13/science/dys

  14. There are three ways to look for evidence of #alien technological #civilisations.

    One is to look out for deliberate attempts by them to communicate their existence, for example, through radio broadcasts.

    Another is to look for evidence of them visiting the Solar System.

    And a third option is to look for signs of large-scale engineering projects in #space.

    #Dyson spheres: astronomers report potential candidates for alien #megastructures.

    #astronomy
    theconversation.com/dyson-sphe

  15. An actual 'Death Star'
    Wouldn't it be mad if the first evidence of Aliens was something like this happening elsewhere in our Galaxy, lol....

    youtube.com/watch?v=RjtFnWh53z

    #NicolDysonBeam #Megastructures #SETI

  16. Scientists found a Stone Age megastructure submerged in the Baltic Sea - Enlarge / Graphical reconstruction of a Stone Age wall as it may been u... - arstechnica.com/?p=2002955 #megastructures #archaeology #stoneage #science

  17. Even MORE things you can do with a Super Massive Black Hole, as if the 'Million Earth System' wasn't enough habitable area for you.
    Witness...the Birch Planet!

    spore.fandom.com/wiki/Fiction:
    #BirchPlanet #Megastructures #SMBH

  18. Another application would be to search for #technosignatures -- civilization-made #megastructures that leave an imprint on the structure of the planet's surface.

    #BadHonnef23

  19. @artofsoulburn interesting use of a rungworld to circle a terrestrial planet, keep the #megastructures coming!