Home PBS Space Time Season 2022 Episode 30

What If Humanity Is Among The First Spacefaring Civilizations?

PBS Space Time · Season 2022 · Episode 30
Half of the universe is filled with expansionist alien civilizations, and it’s only a matter of time before they’ll reach us. OK, that sounded a little sensationalist. But it’s also the conclusion of a recent astrophysics paper. Let’s see how they figure this, and whether we should take it seriously.

Episode Details

Air date, runtime, timezone, and episode position.

Season
2022
Episode
30
Air Date
09/Nov/2022
Air Time
12:00
Runtime
21 min

Overview

Episode summary.

Half of the universe is filled with expansionist alien civilizations, and it’s only a matter of time before they’ll reach us. OK, that sounded a little sensationalist. But it’s also the conclusion of a recent astrophysics paper. Let’s see how they figure this, and whether we should take it seriously.

Episode Navigation

Move between previous and next episodes.