Some Thoughts on the Future of Technosignature Searches: Constraining the Fermi Paradox

arXiv:2606.00463 · astro-ph.IM, astro-ph.EP, physics.pop-ph · Submitted 2026-05-30 · Read on arXiv

Ian A. Crawford

astro-ph.IM, astro-ph.EP, physics.pop-ph

Submitted: 2026-05-30

Comments: In Advancing the Search for Technosignatures, Proceedings of IAU Symposium #404 (forthcoming)

License: http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/

Terminology

• Large Interferometer for Exoplanets — 2× in this paper
• Fine-Tuning — 1× in this paper · explained in 5 episodes
• Metallicity — 1× in this paper · explained in 3 episodes
• Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena — 1× in this paper
• United Nations — 1× in this paper

Sources

• Opportunities for Technosignature Science in the Planetary Science and Astrobiology Decadal Survey

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