Concept of exoplanet with advanced civilization (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

Concept of exoplanet with advanced civilization

Caption

Conceptual image of an exoplanet with an advanced extraterrestrial civilization. Structures on the right are orbiting solar panel arrays that harvest light from the parent star and convert it into electricity that is then beamed to the surface via microwaves. The exoplanet on the left illustrates other potential technosignatures: city lights (glowing circular structures) on the night side and multi-colored clouds on the day side that represent various forms of pollution, such as nitrogen dioxide gas from burning fossil fuels or chlorofluorocarbons used in refrigeration.

Credit

NASA/Jay Freidlander

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