[astro-ph.EP] Building on Arkhipov’s proposal that technogenic artefacts may survive natural interstellar transport and accumulate on airless Solar System bodies, we examine the prospects for identifying micron-scale engineered particulate material […]
![Modes of interstellar expansion across two dimensions. The horizontal axis (expansion agent) runs from biological (crewed colonization, settlers, generation ships) to machine (autonomous probes, robotic seed systems). The vertical axis (visibility) runs from quiet (low-mass, low duty cycle, weak technosignatures) to loud (high-power, high waste heat, galaxy-scale signatures). The four quadrants summarize alternative expansion modes considered in the literature; the quiet expansion filter proposed in this paper occupies the lower-right quadrant (highlighted). -- [astro-ph.IM]](https://i0.wp.com/astrobiology.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Autonomous-AI-Cosmoindustry.png?resize=1200%2C717&ssl=1)
[astro-ph.IM] The Fermi paradox is sharpened, not weakened, by plausible extrapolations of artificial intelligence, autonomous robotics, in-situ resource utilization, orbital manufacturing, space-based computing, and uncrewed interstellar probes.
[physics.pop-ph] Research into the emergence and evolution of intelligence is underrepresented in astrobiology.
[astro-ph.IM] The Drake Equation is a thought experiment whose purpose is to understand the ingredients necessary for life and advanced technological civilizations to exist on other worlds in our galaxy.
[astro-ph.IM] The search for technosignatures (also known as the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence or SETI) depends critically on our ability to distinguish artificial signals from the rich complexity of natural […]
The Viking missions showcased multiple spaceflight technologies representing state-of-the-art capabilities: from digital line-scan imaging to the operation of complex onboard laboratories and software-controlled process autonomy.
Technological societies are separated in time, not just space — that is the lesson of the Drake equation.
We present a simple, rule-based filter for SETI target selection that flags stars unlikely to host complex life and produces an audit-ready exclusion catalog.
The Fermi paradox is sharpened, not weakened, by plausible extrapolations of artificial intelligence, autonomous robotics, in-situ resource utilization, orbital manufacturing, space-based computing, and uncrewed interstellar probes.
Researchers repurposed an AI model designed for visual identification tasks to detect Bryde’s whale calls contained with seismic data collected in the South China Sea.
