Alien civilizations may be killing themselves from climate change, grim study suggests

Illustration of Kepler 186-f, a habitable earth-like planet

It could take less than 1,000 years for an advanced alien civilization to destroy its planet with climate change, even if it relies solely on renewable energy, a new model suggests. When astrophysicists simulated the rise and fall of foreigner civilizations, they found that, if a civilization experienced exponential technological growth and energy consumption, it … Read more