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A new paper by Gabriella Contardo and David W. Hogg, reveals a large-scale search combining observations from ESA Gaia DR3, 2MASS, and NASA WISE, leading to the identification of 53 unique objects with significant mid-infrared excesses, potentially indicative of Dyson Spheres or Alien megastructures.

‘Dyson spheres’ were theorized as a way to detect alien life. Scientists say they’ve found potential evidence
cnn.com/2024/06/13/science/dyson-spheres-alien-life-evidence-scn/index.html

Papers
"A Data-Driven Search For Mid-Infrared Excesses Among Five Million Main-Sequence FGK Stars", Contardo and Hogg, 2024
arxiv.org/abs/2403.18941

"Project Hephaistos - II. Dyson sphere candidates from Gaia DR3, 2MASS, and WISE", Suazo et al, 2024
arxiv.org/abs/2405.02927

"IRAS-based Whole-Sky Upper Limit on Dyson Spheres", Carrigan, 2005
arxiv.org/pdf/0811.2376

A planetary collision afterglow and transit of the resultant debris cloud
nature.com/articles/s41586-023-06573-9

A Star-sized Impact-produced Dust Clump in the Terrestrial Zone of the HD 166191 System
iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-4357/ac4bbb

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