Clarke Exobelts - detecting space junk around exoplanets :)

[furrysocks2]

https://arxiv.org/abs/1802.07723

Going a step beyond detecting exoplanets from the light-curve of a distant star, this paper discusses how alien-produced space junk might be detectable.

What will they think of next...

[SteveA]

Interesting....and slightly more probable than the good old alien megastructure..

Steve

[SilverAstro]

50 minutes ago, furrysocks2 said:

https://arxiv.org/abs/1802.07723

What will they think of next...

"Possible Photometric Signatures of Moderately Advanced Civilizations: The Clarke Exobelt"

Nice find, thank you. But it is doomed to failure, because no "moderately advanced" society would allow its near-space to become a cluttered hazardous junk yard - - would they ?

 

[Alan White]

1 hour ago, SilverAstro said:

because no "moderately advanced" society would allow its near-space to become a cluttered hazardous junk yard - - would they ?

You are quite correct, only a wet behind the ears immature society would........