
It is one of humanity's most consuming questions, fascinating scientists, governments and pop culture alike. But now, an American space scientist claims that advanced life forms could be a reality, but that they disappeared long ago.
Professor Jason Wright, professor of astronomy and astrophysics at Pennsylvania State University, has published an article on arXiv entitled "Previous indigenous technological species".
He claims that ancient "technological species" may have lived on Earth billions of years before the human race. Well, either the Earth, or a "pre-greenhouse Venus", or "a wet Mars". It is not 100% secure.
However, Wright says:
Since it is known to host a complex life, the most obvious origin for a previous species of any kind is Earth.
He does not punch when he explains that:
Today's Venus would seem a terrible candidate for a technological species, with a surface temperature of over 700K, although when it comes to alien life we should keep an open mind on this too.
Wright believes that ancient species have disappeared, but that in the past we could have found traces of them underground, called "tecnosignature". However, he says that most of the physical evidence would have been lost.
On Venus, for example, the global arrival of the greenhouse could have caused a re-emergence of the planet, while on Earth the movement of the tectonic plates and the subsequent erosion could have canceled any persistent traces. However, he writes, it may still be possible to recognize these techno-markings even if the physical evidence is almost destroyed.
He explains:
Structures buried under surfaces could survive and be discovered as long as they do not undergo a collision so severe as to destroy their artificial nature. Destroying them would simply make them non-functional, but they could still be recognizable technological. We could speculate that settlements or bases on these objects would have been built below the surface for a variety of reasons, and that therefore they are still discovered today.He claims that ancient "technological species" may have lived on Earth billions of years before the human race. Well, either the Earth, or a "pre-greenhouse Venus", or "a wet Mars". It is not 100% secure.
However, Wright says:
Since it is known to host a complex life, the most obvious origin for an earlier species of any kind is Earth.
He does not punch when he explains that:
Today's Venus would seem a terrible candidate for a technological species, with a surface temperature of over 700K, although when it comes to alien life we should keep an open mind on this too.
Wright believes that ancient species have disappeared, but that in the past we could have found traces of them underground, called "tecnosignature". However, he says that most of the physical evidence would have been lost.
On Venus, for example, the global arrival of the greenhouse could have caused a re-emergence of the planet, while on Earth the movement of the tectonic plates and the subsequent erosion could have canceled any persistent traces. However, he writes, it may still be possible to recognize these techno-markings even if the physical evidence is almost destroyed.
He explains:
Structures buried under surfaces could survive and be discovered as long as they do not undergo a collision so serious as to destroy their artificial nature. Destroying them would simply make them non-functional, but they could still be recognizable technological. We could speculate that settlements or bases on these objects would have been built below the surface for a variety of reasons, and that therefore they are still discovered today.
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