(ORDO NEWS) — Earth is likely the last place scientists plan to look for aliens , especially with the thousands of exoplanets discovered over the past decade.
However, some researchers believe that it is necessary to look for traces of the ancient presence of highly developed creatures here, within the solar system, including the Earth, Moon and Mars, and not peer into the night sky.
There is a possibility that hypothetical intelligent aliens could visit the solar system millions of years before the appearance of the first people.
They, according to some scientists, actively developed here, leaving behind technosignatures that can hide deep under the surface or “swim” in outer space.
In January 2018, astrophysicist John Wright published an interesting study in the International Journal of Astrobiology, devoting it to the question of finding traces of alien species in the solar system.
Wright claims that “brothers in mind” could visit the Earth, the Moon, Mars and even Venus (before it turned into an acid hell).
It is unlikely that Venus, given the extremely inhospitable conditions on its surface, could have preserved traces of the presence of anyone.
Likewise, it is unlikely that traces of alien activity could survive on Earth, where tectonic and volcanic activity resurfaces and “formats” the interior of the planet at an incredible rate.
Thus, Wright came to the conclusion that traces of the activity of highly developed aliens should be looked for on the Moon, Mars and, probably, attention should be paid to strange cosmic bodies (within the solar system), which may be fragments of ancient probes.
“If progressive beings have ever visited the solar system and stayed here for a long time, then there is a high probability of finding traces of their past activities.
I believe that by focusing on the Moon and Mars, we will definitely find some artifacts, ”said Wright.
Other scientists are not as optimistic as John Wright, because mankind, developing archeology, has not yet found ray guns and radio transmitters near dinosaur skeletons.
Astronomy professor Avi Loeb believes that in the distant past, aliens could visit the solar system, but searches for “hypothetical ghosts of antiquity” are not as effective as attempts to identify technosignatures in deep space.
Probably, the skepticism of scientists is explained quite simply: if the researchers found something strange, unlike the existing museum exhibits, would they be ready to recognize this as alien technology?
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