'Mathematically perfect' star system being investigated for potential alien tech

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Post by pixelesque » Wed, Feb 28, 2024, 2:31 PM UTC

'Mathematically perfect' star system being investigated for potential alien tech
space.com

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Post by belter » Wed, Feb 28, 2024, 3:09 PM UTC

Just 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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Post by aqme28 » Wed, Feb 28, 2024, 3:14 PM UTC

Are we more likely to find alien tech in a "mathematically perfect" star system? Why?

The article doesn't mention it.

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Post by JohnMakin » Wed, Feb 28, 2024, 3:15 PM UTC

aqme28 wrote: post #3

Are we more likely to find alien tech in a "mathematically perfect" star system? Why? The article doesn't mention it.

if you don’t mention why - it can’t be under scrutiny!

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Post by dwighttk » Wed, Feb 28, 2024, 3:18 PM UTC

aqme28 wrote: post #3

Are we more likely to find alien tech in a "mathematically perfect" star system? Why? The article doesn't mention it.

Trying to find a signal in the noise

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Post by kekebo » Wed, Feb 28, 2024, 3:18 PM UTC

aqme28 wrote: post #3

Are we more likely to find alien tech in a "mathematically perfect" star system? Why? The article doesn't mention it.

I'm guessing the assumption is that it was manipulated by an intelligent actor into the described 'perfection'.

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Post by pavel_lishin » Wed, Feb 28, 2024, 3:19 PM UTC

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)

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Post by tempaway16741 » Wed, Feb 28, 2024, 3:20 PM UTC

This article is clickbait

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Post by RockCoach » Wed, Feb 28, 2024, 3:20 PM UTC

aqme28 wrote: post #3

Are 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.

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Post by hef19898 » Wed, Feb 28, 2024, 3:21 PM UTC

belter wrote: post #2

Just 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!