The Best Place to Look for Alien Megastructures Might Be Moon Dust
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The Best Place to Look for Alien Megastructures Might Be Moon Dust

Our search for technosignatures - clear signs of advanced civilizations beyond Earth - takes many forms. Many are driven by the famous Drake equation, which attempts to estimate how many technological...

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...

https://www.centauri-dreams.org/2026/04/24/stability-of-interstellar-big-dumb-objects/

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

Stability of Interstellar ‘Big Dumb Objects’ | Centauri Dreams

I'm tickled that megastructures are part of popular culture. A structure lasting millions of years sounds impressive. It's also spooky that if they exist that they might be abandoned, degraded, or repurposed beyond recognition. Longevity does not imply continuity of the builders.

https://www.vice.com/en/article/is-space-full-of-alien-megastructures-we-just-havent-seen-yet/ #Megastructures

Bisher ist unklar, ob riesige Alien-Konstruktionen tatsächlich existieren können. Eine neue Studie zeigt, wann die Bauten stabil wären. #sfcd #megastructures #aliens

So könnten sternengroße Megast...
So könnten sternengroße Megastrukturen im All existieren

Bisher ist unklar, ob riesige Alien-Konstruktionen tatsächlich existieren können. Eine neue Studie zeigt, wann die Bauten stabil wären.

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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

There was a word I came across a while ago that I can't remember, which basically described science fiction mega structures, or rather a particular feeling or sensation that these caused that isn't a phobia. I just can't damn well find that word.

Rather like these images by Paul Chadeisson (https://www.artstation.com/pao)

Also, please recommend any artists of a similar vein.

#Art #ScienceFiction #Megastructures #Space

I just watched Megastructures (2004X8) "Petronas Towers" https://t.co/lDzcwlOuKI #trakt #Megastructures

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Jan 4, 2025

Megastructures 2004x08 "Petronas Towers"

Designed by Cesar Pelli, the Petronas Towers were the tallest buildings in the world on the date of its completion. Located in Kuala Lumpur, the design of the 88 storey, 450m tall twin towers, carries an Islamic geometrical influence. The towers are a symbol of Malaysia’s pride. To instill competition, the contract for the construction of the towers were awarded to two different construction companies, each company was assigned to work on one of the towers. This episode takes a look at how the construction companies competed to complete their tower before the other. Problems faced, from the soil samples, the unique cement mixture used as a steel substitute, to the tropical weather, are covered.

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