Reconsidering macro-artefacts in SETI searches》.pdf

Acta Astronautica 116 (2015) 161 –165 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Acta Astronautica journal homepage: /locate/actaastro Reconsidering macro-artefacts in SETI searches Morris Jones Independent Space Analyst, 3/81 Queens Rd, Hurstville, Sydney, NSW 2220, Australia a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t Article history: The observation of macro-artefacts at interstellar distances offers an alternative search Received 21 April 2015 paradigm to SETI programs such as radio astronomy and laser detection. Potential Accepted 7 July 2015 artefacts range from space infrastructure deployed by advanced technological civilizations Available online 17 July 2015 to deliberate attempts to use artefacts as signals and biomarkers of intelligent life. Passive Keywords: observations of macro-artefacts could overcome problems with active transmission SETI messaging such as temporal and spatial constraints. Artefacts Artefacts could be detected without being spatially resolved by telescopes. Spectral Dyson Spheres analyses could yield evidence of disruption of the natural electromagnetic spectra of stars by artefacts. Some artefacts could generate diffraction and interference patterns unchar- acteristic of natural phenomena. T