Giant alien power plants are sucking energy from seven stars in outer space, claims study

Scientistscarried out a survey offive million distant solar systems with the help of'neuralnetwork'algorithmsandittook aninterestingturn when they found nearly 60 stars surrounded by what appeared as "giantalien power plants."

Among the 60 stars, seven of them -which wereM-dwarf stars and ranged between 60 per cent and 8 per cent the size of the Sun - were seen releasing high infrared'heat signatures,'as per the astronomers.

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In the new study, the astronomers said that the outer space"phenomena cannot easily account for the observed infrared excess emission."

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This discovery has hinted atthe existence ofalong-hypothesisedalien power-generationtechnology in theMilky Waygalaxy.

What are Dyson Spheres?

The“Dyson spheres”is a hypothetical concept which encompasses the existence of megastructures that canbe builtby only extremelytechnologically advancedcivilisationsandare designedfor sucking energy from the stars.

Researchers havefound a new way to find signs of alienpower generationin a project named Hephaistos.

The astronomers firstanalyseddata collected by astronomical surveys Gaia DR3, 2MASS and WISE for flagging Dyson sphere candidates present in the Milky Way.

“In this study, we present a comprehensive search for partial Dyson spheres byanalyzingoptical and infrared observations from Gaia, 2MASS, and WISE,”wrote theresearchers,in astudy published in the journalMonthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.

“Aspecialisedpipeline hasbeen developedto identify potential Dyson sphere candidates focusing on detecting sources that display anomalous infrared excesses that cannotbe attributedto any known natural source of such radiation,"they added.

Meanwhile, two groups of astronomers, headed by Gaby Contardo at the International School for Advanced Studies in Italy and Matías Suazo at Uppsala University in Sweden, led the latest hunt for infrared data which is likely to lead them to the distant'Dyson sphere.'

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The data collected by theWide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE)space telescope, theEuropean SpaceAgency'sGaia satellite andthe ground-based infrared telescope survey MASS2weremergedby the researchers.

Even though some scientists believethatthere may be other explanations for excess infrared signatures discovered, Suazo said,"The most fascinating explanation could be actual Dyson spheres."

Looking at the data from nearly five million sources,the researchers have created a catalogue of potential Dyson spheres.

The scientists studied the signs of partially completed alien megastructures which hold the possibility of emitting excess infrared radiation.

“This structure would emit waste heat in the form of mid-infrared radiation that, in addition to the level of completion of the structure, would depend on its effective temperature,”they said.

(With inputs from agencies)