Scientists think alien civilizations could be using ‘Dyson Spheres’ to siphon energy from black holes

Alien civs could be using Dyson spheres to harness energy from black holes, researchers theorize. 91DPI - stock.adobe.com They’re hole-ar powered. If super-advanced alien civilizations exist, they would surely require insane amounts of energy to run. Now, international scientists are theorizing that these intelligent extraterrestrials could be harnessing the requisite power from black holes, per a study in Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific. “We’re aware it’s a very out-there theory,” paper lead author Olivia Curtis, of the Penn State Extraterrestrial Intelligence Center (PSETI) at Pennsylvania State University in the US, told ScienceAlert. An illustration of a Dyson Sphere around a distant star. CHA – stock.adobe.com She was among the researchers who attended the “Dys