A New Study Suggests the Illumination of a Black Hole Moon World is a Sign of Alien Technology
According to Science Alert, this research comes from a renowned scientist known for shocking arguments about extraterrestrial civilizations – Professor Avi Loeb, Director of the Institute for Theory and Computation at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (CfA), and a lecturer at Harvard University (USA).
The study published in the scientific journal Research Notes of the American Astronomical Society (RNAAS) argues for the existence of a small black hole orbiting some cold exoplanets at a low trajectory.
In this scenario, the black hole acts as a moon for that planet. This black hole also serves as a massive energy source that inhabitants of that planet could harness.
A black hole moon rising in the sky of an alien world – (AI Illustration: Anh Thư)
This argument is based on the theory of “Hawking Radiation” proposed by the renowned theoretical physicist and cosmologist Stephen Hawking since 1975.
This theory suggests that black holes can emit photons, neutrinos, and some larger particles.
Since then, proposals to use black holes as energy sources have generally fallen into one of two categories.
On one hand, they exploit the momentum of accretion disks or capture the heat and energy generated by their relativistic jets. On the other hand, there is the potential to funnel matter into the black hole and harness the resulting Hawking radiation.
In his paper, Professor Loeb suggests how an advanced civilization might rely on the latter process by designing an artificial black hole orbiting its home planet.
With a mass of only 100,000 tons, this black hole is tiny compared to the smallest natural black holes, which are stellar-mass black holes.
If left unchecked, this black hole moon would evaporate in just a year and a half by emitting Hawking radiation.
However, it could be sustained by accumulating a relatively small amount of matter, approximately 2.2 kg. Therefore, as long as the extraterrestrials feed it something, it could exist indefinitely and provide them with an endless energy source.
According to Professor Loeb, this black hole system represents the most theoretically efficient engine. Fuel is converted into energy with perfect efficiency of 100%, as the mass falling into the black hole will eventually escape as Hawking radiation.
The only other method for converting mass into radiation with 100% efficiency is through matter-antimatter annihilation. However, this option is much more challenging.
Since 1995, particle accelerators at CERN (France) have produced less than 10 nanograms of antimatter, barely enough to power a 60-watt light bulb for 4 hours.
Thus, the black hole moon could be the most effective solution to provide sufficient energy for a civilization superior to that on Earth.
Clearly, humanity today is grappling with a rapidly increasing energy demand due to the explosive growth of technology.
Professor Loeb refers to a civilization capable of creating and utilizing a black hole moon as a “Type II Civilization.”
Another advantage is that the black hole could use any form of matter as fuel, including any waste produced by the civilization. In this regard, the black hole engine could solve the waste problem of an advanced civilization while still providing an endless energy source.
