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The 15 Most Advanced Alien Races In Fiction

Discover the 15 most advanced alien races ever imagined in science fiction—from reality-bending cosmic civilizations to hyper-intelligent species capable of rewriting the laws of physics.

In this video, we explore how these alien races evolved, the technologies they command, and why they stand above all others in the sci-fi universe. Whether you’re into Star Wars, Star Trek, Marvel, DC, Mass Effect, Stargate, Halo, or classic literature, this countdown covers the most iconic and most powerful extraterrestrial species ever written.

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Crowded Cosmic Regions Slow Galaxy Growth

“Our upbringing and environment influence who we are,” said Dr. Luke Davies. “Someone who has lived their whole life in the city may have a very different personality compared to someone who lives remotely or in an isolated community. Galaxies are no different.”

How does galaxy location drive galaxy structure and star formation? This is what a recent study published in the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society hopes to address as a team of scientists investigated the interaction between galaxy location and evolution. This study has the potential to help scientists better understand galaxy formation and evolution, including stars and planets within them.

For the study, the researchers conducted the first study with the Deep Extragalactic Visible Legacy Survey (DEVILS) survey using the Anglo-Australian Telescope’s AAOmega spectrograph, the latter of which is located at Siding Spring Observatory in Australia. The goal of the study was to use DEVILS to add to the existing catalog of galaxy populations based on their speed traveling away from us, also known as redshift. In contrast, blueshift happens when an object is moving towards us.

In the end, the researchers found that galaxies that are clustered together, or more densely packed, result in slower growth and evolution compared to galaxies that are spread apart. The researchers used the analogy of city centers compared to more rural areas. Essentially, a galaxy’s location potentially determines its evolutionary fate.

Pluribus: The Terrifying 4-Step Plan to Devour the Universe

This video explains the leading theory about the origins of Pluribus and the hive mind’s ultimate purpose. Its terrifying plan unfolds in 4 steps. If you’re fascinated by hard sci-fi, the Dark Forest Hypothesis and alien civilizations, then this deep dive is for you.

This is a commentary video about the Plur1bus TV series streaming on Apple TV.

Chapters:
00:27 Step 1 — The Joining.
01:38 Step 2 — The Megastructure Antenna.
02:50 Step 3 — Interstellar Hive Mind.
04:10 Step 4 — The Universal Mind.

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Consciousness as the foundation: New theory addresses nature of reality

Consciousness is fundamental; only thereafter do time, space and matter arise. This is the starting point for a new theoretical model of the nature of reality, presented by Maria Strømme, Professor of Materials Science at Uppsala University, in AIP Advances. The article has been selected as the best paper of the issue and featured on the cover.

Strømme, who normally conducts research in nanotechnology, here takes a major leap from the smallest scales to the very largest—and proposes an entirely new theory of the origin of the universe. The article presents a framework in which consciousness is not viewed as a byproduct of brain activity, but as a fundamental field underlying everything we experience—matter, space, time, and life itself.

Rules that Reality Plays By — Dr. Stephen Wolfram, DemystifySci #343

Stephen Wolfram is a physicist, mathematician, and programmer who believes he has discovered the computational rules that organize the universe at the finest grain. These rules are not physical rules like the equations of state or Maxwell’s equations. According to Wolfram, these are rules that govern how the universe evolves and operates at a level at least one step down below the reality that we inhabit. His computational principles are inspired by the results observed in cellular automata systems, which show that it’s possible to take a very simple system, with very simple rules, and end up at complex patterns that often look organic and always look far more intricate than the black and white squares that the game started with. He believes that the hyperspace relationships that emerge when he applies a computational rule over and over again represent the nature of the universe — and that the relationships that emerge contain everything from the seed of human experience to the equations for relativity, evolution, and black holes. We sit down with him for a conversation about the platonic endeavor that he has undertaken, where to draw the line between lived experience and the computational universe, the limits of physics, and the value of purpose and the source of consciousness.

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Pluribus: The Hidden Truth Behind the Cosmic Mind-Trap

Unlike most alien planetary invasion methods in the Dark Forest universe, Pluribus acts as a cosmic Trojan Horse, an interstellar gift engineered to disarm an entire civilization the moment it’s opened. Sent to Earth by an alien beacon from a relatively nearby star system, Pluribus hides behind the appearance of progress. Even if the extraterrestrial senders turn out to be benevolent, their initiative still aligns with the Dark Forest Hypothesis.

Chapters:
00:00 Pluribus Signal as a Weapon.
03:01 Galactic Disarmament.
04:10 Humanity’s Defense.
06:03 The Dark Forest Hypothesis.

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The Physicist Who Says Reality Is Not What It Seems

Quantum physicist Vlatko Vedral proposes a radical vision of reality, one in which observers don’t exist, there are no particles and there is no space or time. Instead, for Vedral, quantum numbers, also known as Q numbers, are the true essence of reality, and it’s a much more beautiful and useful way to understand the world.

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Beyond the habitable zone: Exoplanet atmospheres are the next clue to finding life on planets orbiting distant stars

Searching for life on other planets requires more than just measuring their distances from their stars. A future NASA telescope may help search for potentially habitable worlds.

New Study Raises “Disturbing Prospect” About Alien Civilizations Using Dyson Swarms

“This raises a disturbing prospect—a Kardashev Type III metasociety may annihilate planetary systems as it expands to stabilize their megaswarms, leaving everything within its ‘bubble’ barren of planets. If those megaswarms then are destroyed anyway, no planets will remain on which to restart life,” the paper explains.

“Furthermore, in most early-type galaxies, there will be no star formation to ever replace them. Thus, the megaswarms portend doom, and leave behind a permanently sterilized galaxy in their wake.”

Maybe we don’t want to detect one after all.

Supercomputer Models Revise Enceladus Ice Loss

“The mass flow rates from Enceladus are between 20 to 40 percent lower than what you find in the scientific literature,” said Dr. Arnaud Mahieux.

How much ice is Saturn’s moon, Enceladus, losing to space when it discharges its interior ocean? This is what a recent study published in the Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets hopes to address as a team of scientists investigated whether Enceladus’ plume environments, including discharge rates, temperatures, and ice particle sizes could be determined strictly from observational data. This study has the potential to help scientists develop new methods for exploring icy bodies, especially those like Enceladus that could harbor life within its liquid water ocean.

For the study, the researchers used a series of computer models to analyze data obtained from NASA’s now-retired Cassini spacecraft, which intentionally burned up in Saturn’s atmosphere in 2017 after running low on fuel. This was done to avoid potentially contaminating moons like Enceladus with microbes from Earth and interfere with potential life there. During its journey at Saturn and its many moons, Cassino both discovered and flew through the plumes of Enceladus, which are at the moon’s south pole and emit large quantities of water ice and other substances into space from its subsurface liquid water ocean. It’s the amount of water and ice these plumes discharge that have intrigued scientists, and the results were surprising.

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