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A Study Says Warp Drives Might Be Real–and We'll Find Them with Lasers
Scientists say they can detect the presence of advanced propulsion systems through gravitational waves.
Our work highlights the importance of exploring strange new spacetimes, to (boldly) simulate what no one has seen before.” First detected by the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) in 2015, these ripples are usually associated with gigantically violent space phenomenon, such as black hole mergers, supernovae explosions, and neutron star collisions. However, scientists have recently considered whether LIGO, or its space-based big brother, the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA), could potentially pick up on artificial sources of gravitational waves—a.k.a. In late 2022, a paper published on the arXiv server analyzed gravitational waves as a means for searching for intelligent life, stating that LIGO “also provides the potential to detect extraterrestrial mega-technology.”
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