The moon has been collecting our junk for 50 years and they're calling it alien tech.
Tiny Alien Tech Fragments May Litter the Moon, Scientists Say — and They Have a Plan to Find Them
A new theoretical study proposes that microscopic fragments of ancient extraterrestrial technology could be scattered across the lunar surface, and suggests analyzing lunar regolith to search for them. The researchers stress they have found no evidence of alien civilizations — the paper offers only a search method, not a discovery. Next step: sample-return missions would need to comb moon dust for anything that isn't just moon dust.
Source: Tiny Alien Tech Fragments May Litter the Moon, Scientists Say — and They Have a Plan to Find Them — Live Science
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