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Extrasolar intelligence revealed

by

Walter B. Myers/Novapix

Reference

a-exo99-30039

Date

2009-09-23

This image suggests how an extraterrestrial civilization on an earth-like planet might reveal itself via artificial light sources, in this case brightly lit cities that follow the contours of the ocean coasts. Perhaps some day there will be a telescope powerful enough to resolve such evidence for extrasolar intelligence.