[Jonty30]

It is unlikely that they would fund evidence, even if there is life on other planets. As we have advanced, we’ve been going dark. We don’t shine our city lights in space as much as we used to and we are less dependent on radio waves as we have moved to moving all data through a closed internet system. Any advanced life will probably have gone dark even more than we have.

[DannyTN]

That’s because they all have shrinking technology which saves a lot of energy.

[SkyDancer]

Aliens on stars? Kinda hot I should think.

[Leaning Right]

> a collection of 4096 antennas planted in the red soil of Western Australia that detects radio signals from space <

Why go to all that expense and trouble? If you’re searching for evidence of aliens, just ask Hillary Clinton.

[cgbg]

My favorite quote on this subject (for those who may not be familiar with it):

To search expectantly for a radio signal from an extraterrestrial source is probably as culture-bound a presumption as to search the galaxy for a good Italian restaurant.

Terence McKenna

[Bobalu]

It is probable that emitting electromagnetic waves as a method of communication will be a short-lived phenomenon as an advanced society creates some other, better method...possible something quantum in nature?

So all the civilizations scattered throughout the universe would emit such radiation in short one-time bursts.

We are probably not listening properly.

[MtnClimber]

I see they are now calling it alien “technosignatures” because if they call it “intelligence” it could insult all the stupid aliens.

[Telepathic Intruder]

"assuming that the civilisation have technology similar to our own"

Our own technology is a brief snapshot of only a few decades compared to thousands of years of human civilization. Would civilizations thousands or millions of years ahead of us still be using radio waves for communication?

[PAR35]

I wouldn’t expect the ‘scientists’ to say anything else.

[thescourged1]

10 million out of what...200 billion observable stars?

Sure, I'm convinced. Somebody has a low bar to jump or has a high opinion of themselves.

[MortMan]

So, because they cannot find evidence that alien civilizations are using archaic Earth technology as the underpinnings of their advanced technologies, they assume they have not found evidence of advanced technologies.

How quaint!

[sten]

maybe they know something we don’t....

like not making yourself a target for the big bad galactic evil dudes

[dfwgator]

[Disambiguator]

I think all they are saying is that they didn’t see any Dyson Spheres.

[fieldmarshaldj]

*ping*

[catnipman]

“Astronomers find no signs of alien tech after scanning over 10 million stars”

given the pisspoor resolution of our star “scanners”, i would imagine that the only detectable “alien tech” would need to be the size of an actual star ...

[Mr Radical]

"explains Chenoa Tremblay, co-author on the study and astrophysicist with CSIRO, an Australian government scientific research organization...
Looking for technosignatures is assuming that the civilisation have technology similar to our own"

translation: "I've spent all that money, gimme some more"

[higgmeister]

This well duh moment brought to you by CNET.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks BenLurkin.

After listening to the Vela region for 17 hours, no unknown signals were detected. While the survey was able to capture over 10.3 million stellar sources and contained six known exoplanets (likely many more exist in the region), the team notes it was like trying to find something in an ocean, but only studying "a volume of water equivalent to a large backyard swimming pool."

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[PJ-Comix]

According to Kilgore Trout, Space Aliens communicate by tap dancing and farting.