8 Unsettling Astronomical Incidents And Phenomena!
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From the formations of planets and stars to mysteries in space that haven't been solved quite yet. Join me as I reveal to you 8 Unsettling and Astronomical phenomena!
8. Fast Radio Bursts
The ideas of signals coming from space isn't exactly a new thing, but sometimes a new development will come along that really makes people wonder what is going on out in space.
For example, back in 2007 scientists started getting these strange radio bursts. What's more, they were fast and powerful, and came in somewhat frequently.
"White noise from space?" you might be asking, but that's what makes this so odd, based on the kind of radio signals that we were picking up, it's actually quite impossible that it was something from the "known sources". Mainly, because they're so powerful and fast, it means that they could've only come from smaller objects that are likely from outside our own galaxy.
While this hasn't been proven, there is another factor here that we all need to consider. Which is the fact that one of these radio signals has been found to be repeating. Meaning that when it came to Earth multiple times, it was the same signal every time. Which would mean that it couldn't be a random signal or event that just happened to reach Earth, it was something much more, a cycle of sorts. But as to what kind, we don't know.
However, there are many out there who do indeed believe that this is potentially the work of aliens. So much so that in 2017 a paper was published stating how it could be the "leakage" of an alien craft.
No matter what side of the issue you fall on, it's very curious that these radio bursts came to Earth and are continuing to come to us. Only time will tell if we find the true nature of them.
7. The Dyson Sphere
Wikipedia defines the Dyson Sphere concept as thus:
" A Dyson sphere is a hypothetical megastructure that completely encompasses a star and captures a large percentage of its power output. The concept is a thought experiment that attempts to explain how a spacefaring civilization would meet its energy requirements once those requirements exceed what can be generated from the home planet's resources alone."
Sounds like something from a sci-fi movie or novel right? Well, you would be correct, as it was first thought of in the book Star Maker in 1937 by Olaf Stapledon, and then later popularized in the modern times by Freeman Dyson.
However, whatever way you want to say the Dyson Sphere was "created" in terms of concept, it's still something that is talked about to this day. Despite it being something that is almost as ludicrous as various other parts of "sci-fi science".
Think about it, think about what it would take to build a massive structure around a star in such a way that it wouldn't be destroyed by the star itself AND we could somehow harness its energy. That would take years, decades, maybe even centuries of construction, as well as enough raw materials to make it which would have to come from other planets because one planet couldn't handle it on its own!
So why are we bringing this up? Because for whatever reason, there are people out there who are legitimately looking for candidates to make a Dyson Sphere with. No joke, no lie.
They "found" potential candidates by considering what it would take to make a Dyson Sphere and to capture its energy, and then realizing what it would "give out" in the process. By using special satellite scanners and the Gaia Space Probe, 19 different stars have now been tapped as potential candidates for Dyson Spheres...or as stars that might already have a Dyson Sphere around them.
However, all of these findings have been dubbed "ambiguous" because of the nature of the readings themselves.
6. Strange Detections
In 2016, a pair of scientists released a paper (one that referenced a previous paper made by one of the scientists) that stated that certain technologies could in fact make a pulse that could be detected in space a long distance away. How long? Try 1000 light years, which would be a very impressive feat.
Naturally though, not a lot of people put stock into what they were saying. So, the scientists dug into the vast amounts of data that have been collected from space over the years. All with the goal of trying to find the exact pulses that they were stating was possible.
To the shock of the scientist, he didn't just find one, he found 234 separate and distinct instances of these kinds of pulses being found in space.