The conditions favouring the rise of advanced aliens are much rarer than previously thought, according to a new study, which suggests the nearest planet hosting extraterrestrial civilisation could be 33,000 light years away.
For such technologically advanced aliens to exist at the same time as us, their civilisation would have to be at least 280,000 years old, according to research recently presented at the joint meeting of the Europlanet Science Congress and the American Astronomical Society’s Division for Planetary Science (EPSC-DPS2025).
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