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Assuming intelligent aliens know how to harvest energy from stars, would humanity be able to spot these high-level structures?

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Red dwarfs make up the vast majority of stars in the galaxy. Such ubiquity means they host the majority of rocky exoplanets we’ve found so far – which in turn makes them interesting for ...