AMERICANALMANAC (Alan Benson) - SETI researcher proposes searching the moon for ancient alien technology
A geologist affiliated with the SETI Institute has published a study arguing the moon may harbor microscopic traces of extraterrestrial technology billions of years old, and that NASA's upcoming Artemis missions could be the vehicle to find out. Lewis Pinault, a geologist working with the nonprofit famous for scanning deep space for radio and laser […] The post SETI researcher proposes searching the moon for ancient alien technology appeared first on American Almanac .
A geologist affiliated with the SETI Institute has published a study arguing the moon may harbor microscopic traces of extraterrestrial technology billions of years old, and that NASA's upcoming Artemis missions could be the vehicle to find out. Lewis Pinault, a geologist working with the nonprofit famous for scanning deep space for radio and laser signals from advanced civilizations, wants to flip the search closer to home. His study, published on the preprint server arXiv and submitted to the International Journal of Astrobiology for peer review, proposes that the lunar surface, specifically the fine, powdery soil known as regolith, could contain microscopic "engineered particles" deposited over billions of years from across the solar…Open