Experts Met at MIT to Discuss The Possibility of Alien Tech Around Black Holes. Here's What Was Discussed.

Experts Met at MIT to Discuss The Possibility of Alien Tech Around Black Holes. Here's What Was Discussed.

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Alien civilizations could be using Dyson spheres to collect energy from black holes

Black holes can release enormous energy through hot disks, surrounding plasma and powerful jets, enough to support a civilization far beyond ours. Any giant collector would release unused energy as heat, creating a glow that current telescopes could potentially detect. Astronomers could search existing black hole catalogs for unusual ultraviolet, visible or infrared signals that normal stars and disks cannot explain. Black holes appear built to …