Reminds me of a bit from a novel I read (won't be naming the title to avoid spoilers) where one of the minor twists is that the gigastructure of galaxies that we observe in the universe - the thing that's conducive to things like "star formation" and "life" - is an art project by intelligent species who've been alive since around the time of the Big Bang. (No, it's not part of the Xeelee Sequence :P)
'Mathematically perfect' star system being investigated for potential alien tech
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Re: 'Mathematically perfect' star system being investigated for potential alien tech
#12Just your regular resonant planetary system...Nothing to see here...Call me back when you find one where they orbit the star with periods that are a sequence of prime numbers.... "Resonance in the planetary system HD 110067" - https://www.dlr.de/en/latest/news/2023/04/six-planets-in-res...
Re: 'Mathematically perfect' star system being investigated for potential alien tech
#13Just your regular resonant planetary system...Nothing to see here...Call me back when you find one where they orbit the star with periods that are a sequence of prime numbers.... "Resonance in the planetary system HD 110067" - https://www.dlr.de/en/latest/news/2023/04/six-planets-in-res...
Or one with three planet sharing the same orbit, perfectly spaced!
And if we go for a gas giant and two small planets, there are probably many of those out there. We almost got one such trio.
Re: 'Mathematically perfect' star system being investigated for potential alien tech
#14Are we more likely to find alien tech in a "mathematically perfect" star system? Why? The article doesn't mention it.
The implication is that is the star system had potentially been artificially modified or even designed. Any entity capable of performing such a feat that must logically possess advanced technology. That's all.
Re: 'Mathematically perfect' star system being investigated for potential alien tech
#15Reminds me of a bit from a novel I read (won't be naming the title to avoid spoilers) where one of the minor twists is that the gigastructure of galaxies that we observe in the universe - the thing that's conducive to things like "star formation" and "life" - is an art project by intelligent species who've been alive since around the time of the Big Bang. (No, it's not part of the Xeelee Sequence :P)
Re: 'Mathematically perfect' star system being investigated for potential alien tech
#16Just your regular resonant planetary system...Nothing to see here...Call me back when you find one where they orbit the star with periods that are a sequence of prime numbers.... "Resonance in the planetary system HD 110067" - https://www.dlr.de/en/latest/news/2023/04/six-planets-in-res...
Or one with three planet sharing the same orbit, perfectly spaced!
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#17Re: 'Mathematically perfect' star system being investigated for potential alien tech
#18Just your regular resonant planetary system...Nothing to see here...Call me back when you find one where they orbit the star with periods that are a sequence of prime numbers.... "Resonance in the planetary system HD 110067" - https://www.dlr.de/en/latest/news/2023/04/six-planets-in-res...
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#19Re: 'Mathematically perfect' star system being investigated for potential alien tech
#20This article is clickbait