A survey of five million distant solar systems, aided by'neural network' algorithms, has discovered 60 stars that appear to be surrounded by giant alien power plants. Seven of the stars -- so-called M-dwarf stars that range between 60 percent and 8 percent the size of our sun -- were recorded giving off unexpectedly high infrared'heat signatures,' according to the astronomers. Natural, and better understood, outer space'phenomena,' as they report in their new study, 'cannot easily account for the observed infrared excess emission.' Ever since theoretical physicist Freeman Dyson first proposed the idea at Princeton in 1960, astrophysicists have speculated that advanced extraterrestrials might have constructed massive solar energy collectors around one star or more. While powering their spacefaring ET civilizations, these hypothetical'Dyson spheres,' would reveal themselves by radiating more heat than usual, the physicist argued. A survey of five million distant solar systems, aided by'neural networks,' has discovered 60 stars that appear to be surrounded by gigantic alien power plants.

Stellaris is the best flawed game I played in 2016. There was so much potential in Paradox's spacefaring grand strategy game, whether you were looking for Star Trek or Star Wars or Babylon 5 or Battlestar Galactica or some other science fiction icon. Stellaris had the seeds of all of them. Every system felt a bit underdeveloped, and the late-game especially became a chore--there wasn't enough to do, nor anything to really see. The galaxy discovered, your neighboring empires entrenched, your own empire consolidated.

Tabby's Star or KIC 8462852 was discovered by citizen scientists in 2015 The light from the star dims irregularly, and astronomers do not know why Some theories said it was due to passing comets or alien'megastructures' Now a new paper suggest the material inside the star is undergoing a phase transition Tabby's Star or KIC 8462852 was discovered by citizen scientists in 2015 Some theories said it was due to passing comets or alien'megastructures' Tabby's Star, known officially as KIC 8462852, (pictured in infrared, left and UV, right) has baffled experts since it was discovered in 2015, by scientists scanning the skies for exoplanets How to spot'Santa' in the night sky as the... Wind farms can be DEADLY for birds of prey: Migrating... Watch Mark Zuckerberg show off his artificial intelligence... Can YOU solve this Christmas conundrum? How to spot'Santa' in the night sky as the... Wind farms can be DEADLY for birds of prey: Migrating... Watch Mark Zuckerberg show off his artificial intelligence... Can YOU solve this Christmas conundrum? Tabby's star is a standard F-class star, located in the constellation Cygnus, approximately 1,276 light years from Earth. A paper published earlier this month suggested the star gives off jets that could be a source of energy for an alien civilisation. WHAT IS A DYSON SPHERE?