Dyson Spheres Key to Find Alien Civilizations Higher on Kardashev Scale
Searching for intelligent life in the universe? Then look for their energy source. An update on the hunt for Dyson Spheres.
In June of 1960, astrophysicist Freeman Dyson published his paper Search for Artificial Stellar Sources of Infrared Radiation in the journal Science. In it he argued a way to detect intelligent life in the universe by finding their energy signature that would be created by, he presumed a highly advanced technology.
He wrote, “If extraterrestrial intelligent beings exist and have reached a high level of technical development, one byproduct of their energy metabolism is likely to be the large-scale conversion of starlight into far-infrared radiation.”
Dyson, who died one year ago this month at age 96, believed that an advanced technology would harness solar power from a star with an array of solar panels. He explained in a 2003 interview that he once described it as a biosphere, but since then this theory has been known as a Dyson Sphere.
Dr. Seth Shostak Sr. Astronomer at the SETI Institute explains, “If you’re looking for E.T., if you’re looking for intelligence elsewhere in the universe, you’ve got to figure there are societies out there that are way more advanced than we are, you know the universe has been around for a long time. And they may have constructed something like a Dyson Sphere, or more accurately a Dyson Swarm, or something we can see. And there have actually been searches for alien Dyson Spheres.”
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10 Best Alien Documentaries and Docuseries on Gaia
For years, people have reported experiences with Unidentified Flying Objects (UFOs), which the US government now refers to as Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP), and alien life. Now, the declassification of documentation and videos of UFO sightings, as well as an admission of contact with non-human biologics by the government, has piqued the interest of people around the globe.
As the interest and acceptance in the possibility of visitors from another world or dimension continue to rise, the popularity of alien documentaries and TV shows on Gaia is also increasing.
Below, we’ll go over our top extraterrestrial documentaries on Gaia, what the Gaia streaming service offers, and how interest in ET life has evolved over the years.
The best extraterrestrial documentaries include:
- Cosmic Disclosure
- Deep Space
- Bob Lazar: Area 51 and Flying Saucers
- ETs Among Us
- First Contact
- The Silent Revolution of Truth: UFOs and Prophecies from Outer Space
- Crop Circles: Crossovers from Another Dimension?
- Touched: The Extreme Experience Research of Dr. John Mack
- Forbidden Archeology and the Extraterrestrial Hypothesis
- Chariots of the Gods
