{"id":14287,"date":"2026-09-05T13:49:25","date_gmt":"2026-09-05T20:49:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/?p=14287"},"modified":"2026-09-07T13:53:36","modified_gmt":"2026-09-07T20:53:36","slug":"e-t-detritus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/2026\/09\/05\/e-t-detritus\/","title":{"rendered":"E.T. Detritus"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/09\/05\/science\/space\/is-there-alien-debris-on-the-moon-some-scientists-plan-to-find-out.html?unlocked_article_code=1.-1A.b-YP.Uy356tkqNLOg&amp;smid=url-share\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">from The New York Times<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Is There Alien Debris on the Moon? Some Scientists Plan to Find Out.<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Researchers want to explore the idea that microscopic particles shed by alien civilizations have accumulated on the lunar surface, making it an archive of extraterrestrial technology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/by\/becky-ferreira\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Becky Ferreira<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2026\/09\/01\/multimedia\/00SCI-MOONDUST-03-zqmp\/00SCI-MOONDUST-03-zqmp-articleLarge.jpg?quality=75&amp;auto=webp&amp;disable=upscale\" alt=\"An astronaut with tools walks on the moon.\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.5;width:600px;height:auto\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Harrison H. Schmitt, an Apollo 17 astronaut, on his way to take samples on the lunar surface in 1972. Scientists propose sending a lunar mission to sift through about a cubic meter of soil to screen for materials.Credit&#8230;NASA<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Imagine an alien civilization that runs on dazzling technologies far more advanced than our own. Picture city-size starships, planet-wide mines or swarms of solar panels that harvest energy directly from a star.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As these aliens go about their otherworldly business, the erosive forces of space wear down their infrastructure, loosening tiny bits of debris that detach and drift into the cosmos. If the civilization collapses, its remains degrade even faster. Clouds of particles might be unleashed into the galaxy, akin to the microplastics in Earth\u2019s oceans, sprinkling countless worlds with the detritus of an extraterrestrial society.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">[ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/09\/05\/science\/space\/is-there-alien-debris-on-the-moon-some-scientists-plan-to-find-out.html?unlocked_article_code=1.-1A.b-YP.Uy356tkqNLOg&amp;smid=url-share\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">click to continue reading at New York Times<\/a> ]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>from The New York Times Is There Alien Debris on the Moon? Some Scientists Plan to Find Out. Researchers want to explore the idea that microscopic particles shed by alien civilizations have accumulated on the lunar surface, making it an archive of extraterrestrial technology. By\u00a0Becky Ferreira Imagine an alien civilization that runs on dazzling technologies [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14287","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-weirdness"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14287","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14287"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14287\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14288,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14287\/revisions\/14288"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14287"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14287"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14287"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}