A recent study led by scientists from Durham University explores a fundamental question in cosmology: How does the density of dark energy affect the likelihood of intelligent life arising in the Universe? To answer this question, the researchers developed a theoretical model inspired by the famous Drake Equation, which examines the ideal conditions for star […]
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Berserker Hypothesis, the Possible Destruction of All Universal Intelligent Life by Self-Replicating Robotic Probes
Are we alone in the universe or is there intelligent life on other worlds? And if there was, but it’s no longer there, perhaps destroyed, which is why we haven’t made contact with anyone? And if that’s the case, how many civilizations were there and why did they all disappear? The subsequent questions would be […]
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The Silurian Hypothesis: Would it be possible to detect an advanced civilization in the geological record?
If an industrialized civilization had existed on Earth millions of years before our era, what traces would it have left, and could they be detectable today? That is the astounding premise that led Adam Frank, an astrophysicist at the University of Rochester, and Gavin Schmidt, director of NASA’s Goddard Institute, to write an article in […]
