{"id":385957,"date":"2021-12-24T23:32:04","date_gmt":"2021-12-24T20:32:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/why-aliens-should-be-terrified-of-nasas-new-space-telescope-2\/"},"modified":"2021-12-24T23:32:04","modified_gmt":"2021-12-24T20:32:04","slug":"why-aliens-should-be-terrified-of-nasas-new-space-telescope-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/why-aliens-should-be-terrified-of-nasas-new-space-telescope-2\/","title":{"rendered":"#Why aliens should be terrified of NASA\u2019s new space telescope"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#Why aliens should be terrified of NASA\u2019s new space telescope<\/strong>&#8221;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img-cdn.tnwcdn.com\/image?fit=796%2C417&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn0.tnwcdn.com%2Fwp-content%2Fblogs.dir%2F1%2Ffiles%2F2021%2F12%2Fnasa.jpg&amp;signature=4273bba1a3c9def719c33c8fcc64175e\" \/><\/p>\n<div>NASA\u2019s\u00a0 <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jwst.nasa.gov\/\">James Webb Space Telescope<\/a> (JWST) is set to launch real soon \u2014 <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/jwst.nasa.gov\/content\/about\/launch.html\">on December 25<\/a> at 07:20am EST (12:20 GMT\/UTC) to be precise \u2014 and the scientific community is buzzing with anticipation. Some scientists are excited at the prospect of \u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">travel<\/a>ing through time\u2019 to discover the origin story of our universe, while others hope it\u2019ll help us connect the dots between classical and quantum physics.<\/p>\n<p>But at least one researcher believes the JWST could be a harbinger of ill tidings. In <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/science\/2021\/apr\/03\/string-theory-michio-kaku-aliens-god-equation-large-hadron-collider\">an interview<\/a> over the weekend, world-renowned physicist Michio Kaku, one of the scientists responsible for string theory, told the Guardian that he didn\u2019t think humans should contact any aliens we find. Here\u2019s the relevant snippet:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Soon we\u2019ll have the Webb telescope up in orbit and we\u2019ll have thousands of planets to look at, and that\u2019s why I think the chances are quite high that we may make contact with an alien civilization. There are some colleagues of mine that believe we should reach out to them. I think that\u2019s a terrible idea. We all know what h<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ened to Montezuma when he met Cort\u00e9s in Mexico so many hundreds of years ago.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/fast.wistia.net\/embed\/iframe\/ozs2jfiyea?videoFoam=true&amp;autoPlay=true\" title=\"\" allowtransparency=\"true\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wistia_embed\" name=\"wistia_embed\" allowfullscreen=\"\" msallowfullscreen=\"\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s interesting that Kaku would bring up Montezuma and Cortes in the context of first contact. <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/biography\/Montezuma-II\">As legend has it<\/a>, Montezuma II accidentally ceded the entire Aztec empire to Cortes, a Spanish Conquistador, over a language misunderstanding.<\/p>\n<p>According to historians, Montezuma II told Cortes he\u2019d been keeping the Aztec throne warm for him, but he meant it in a bragging sarcastic way. Cortes apparently didn\u2019t get the tone, and the rest is history.<\/p>\n<p>It seems like Kaku\u2019s warning is that, were we to find and contact aliens, Earthlings could be the Aztecs and aliens would be the Spaniards. Maybe we send a message such as \u201cwe come in peace\u201d when we discover them and the aliens interpret it to mean \u201ccome rule us.\u201d It could happen.<\/p>\n<p>We could engage in endless conjecture when it comes to discussing what <em>might<\/em> happen if\/when we discover alien life. Instead, let\u2019s just take a moment to state some key facts about the JWST so we can see how they tie into what we <em>might<\/em> find, ET-wise, when it gets where it\u2019s going:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>It\u2019s 100X more powerful than Hubble and uses infrared scanning <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/technology\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"4\" title=\"Technology\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">technology<\/a> to see things further away and with greater detail<\/li>\n<li>It will <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/webb-space-telescope-exoplanet-oxygen-detection.html\">scan thousands of potentially habitable worlds<\/a> for signs of life, something Hubble wasn\u2019t designed to do<\/li>\n<li>If everything goes according to plan: it\u2019ll reach its destination, calibrate its sensors, and be fully-operational by May 2022<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>NASA\u2019s sending the telescope to the second Lagrange point (L2). This is a special place where the telescope can stay in line with the Earth while it orbits around the sun 1.5 million kilometers away from home. The Hubble, on the other hand, just hung out right above our planet a mere 325 kilometers away.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Animation: The James Webb Space Telescope's Orbit\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" srcdoc=\"&lt;style&gt;*{padding:0;margin:0;overflow:hidden}html,body{background:#000;height:100%}img{position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;object-fit:cover;transition:opacity .1s cubic-bezier(0.4,0,1,1)}a:hover img+img{opacity:1!important}&lt;\/style&gt;&lt;a href=\" https:=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/6cUe4oMk69E\/hqdefault.jpg\" style=\"top: 50%;left:50%;width:68px;height:48px;transform:translate3d(-50%,-50%,0)\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Thanks to this incredible vantage point, the JWST will allow us to see and study the cosmos in new and exciting ways. The JWST will allow researchers to study the origins of the universe and, with any luck, find planets in our galaxy capable of supporting life. And that means we could, hypothetically, discover aliens with it as early as next year.<\/p>\n<p>What would that mean? We have no way of knowing what kind of aliens we might discover. Perhaps they\u2019ll be amoeba-like. Or maybe we\u2019ll find a fledgling planet where flora and fauna flourish, but intelligence hasn\u2019t evolved yet. And, yes, it could even mean we find intelligent life. The only thing we can know for sure is that any life we do manage to find should be very, <em>very<\/em> afraid.<\/p>\n<p>Nearly every civilization that\u2019s inhabited Earth either warred with other civilizations or was dominated by one or more that did. Even today, Earth is inhabited by 8 billion people who exist under a planet-wide policy of <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mutual_assured_destruction#:~:text=Mutually%20assured%20destruction%20(MAD)%20is,nuclear%20strike%20and%20second%20strike).\">mutually assured destruction.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>NASA is a government entity of the US, a country that\u2019s\u00a0<em>currently\u00a0<\/em>fighting the longest war in its history. Objectively speaking, almost everything about the state of our world indicates violence is inevitable where humans are involved. If we meet an intelligent species, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jstor.org\/stable\/423772?seq=1\">we\u2019re likely<\/a> to go to war.<\/p>\n<p>And the prognosis is even worse for any unintelligent life forms we come across.\u00a0More than 41,000 species on Earth are <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.iucnredlist.org\/resources\/summary-statistics\">currently endangered<\/a>. In order to protect any alien critters\u00a0we meet from our ceaseless destruction, we\u2019ll need to treat their\u00a0worlds with far greater reverence and respect than we do our own.<\/p>\n<p>Still, there\u2019s no guarantee there\u2019s any life out there. And even if there is, it could still take decades, centuries, or millennia for us to venture out far enough or develop the right technology to find it. But if there is, and they aren\u2019t powerful enough to stop us from doing what we always do, here\u2019s hoping we don\u2019t find them until we learn how to be better neighbors to everyone, ourselves included.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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