Apr 2, 2021 02:13 AM
Elon Musk Could Help Aliens Notice Humans, Study Says
https://www.popularmechanics.com/space/s...ty-aliens/
INTRO: Elon Musk has a grand goal for SpaceX’s Starlink: use an eventual 40,000 satellites to blanket the entire planet in internet coverage, far surpassing any existing satellite internet service. But there may be more to the mission. In a new study, one scientist suggests Musk’s satellite network may also make Earth a major target of alien interest.
Starlink’s 40,000 satellites in orbit—1,000 of which astronomers have already criticized for obstructing the night sky—will be enough to register as a megastructure that will eventually appear on some faraway civilization’s radar, writes Zaza Osmanov, a professor of astrophysics at the Free University of Tbilisi in Georgia, in a new paper published to the preprint server arXiv.
Osmanov studied how the electrical signature of Starlink will show up via signals to large interferometers in distant alien civilizations. Since Earth’s advanced interferometers would be able to detect this activity from other planets, Osmanov writes, anyone else with the same technology could do the same back to us... (MORE)
Grimes Says She’s ‘Ready To Die On Mars’
https://www.unilad.co.uk/science/grimes-...e-on-mars/
INTRO: Canadian musician Grimes has said she’s ready to die on Mars in a new Instagram post. The 33-year-old posted picture of herself standing tall next to a Starship rocket at Starbase in Texas, with the caption: ‘Ready to die with the red dirt of Mars beneath my feet.’
Grimes’ ambitions aren’t surprising, given that her boyfriend and father of her child, Elon Musk, has been very public about his intent to put humans on the red planet. It seems Grimes took inspiration from Musk, who previously said he would like to die on Mars in an appearance during South by Southwest film festival in 2013... (MORE)
https://www.popularmechanics.com/space/s...ty-aliens/
INTRO: Elon Musk has a grand goal for SpaceX’s Starlink: use an eventual 40,000 satellites to blanket the entire planet in internet coverage, far surpassing any existing satellite internet service. But there may be more to the mission. In a new study, one scientist suggests Musk’s satellite network may also make Earth a major target of alien interest.
Starlink’s 40,000 satellites in orbit—1,000 of which astronomers have already criticized for obstructing the night sky—will be enough to register as a megastructure that will eventually appear on some faraway civilization’s radar, writes Zaza Osmanov, a professor of astrophysics at the Free University of Tbilisi in Georgia, in a new paper published to the preprint server arXiv.
Osmanov studied how the electrical signature of Starlink will show up via signals to large interferometers in distant alien civilizations. Since Earth’s advanced interferometers would be able to detect this activity from other planets, Osmanov writes, anyone else with the same technology could do the same back to us... (MORE)
Grimes Says She’s ‘Ready To Die On Mars’
https://www.unilad.co.uk/science/grimes-...e-on-mars/
INTRO: Canadian musician Grimes has said she’s ready to die on Mars in a new Instagram post. The 33-year-old posted picture of herself standing tall next to a Starship rocket at Starbase in Texas, with the caption: ‘Ready to die with the red dirt of Mars beneath my feet.’
Grimes’ ambitions aren’t surprising, given that her boyfriend and father of her child, Elon Musk, has been very public about his intent to put humans on the red planet. It seems Grimes took inspiration from Musk, who previously said he would like to die on Mars in an appearance during South by Southwest film festival in 2013... (MORE)