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12-15-2016, 12:32 PM
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Resident Alien
Join Date: Jun 2001
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The Fermi Paradox
Lifted from another thread. A nice read for people who like to wonder about our place in the grand scheme of the universe.
The Fermi Paradox - Wait But Why |
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12-15-2016, 12:54 PM
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Death Herald
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Le stelle la notte sono grandi e luminose nel cuore profondo del Texas
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This is the one I subscribe to:
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I mean, we are listening for radio signals, but we ourselves have only been using them for a little over 100 years.
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12-15-2016, 12:57 PM
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Death Herald
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Le stelle la notte sono grandi e luminose nel cuore profondo del Texas
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Dola,
They touch on it in the article, but the expanse of space is even more humbling when you realize that what look like an innumerable amount of stars in the sky actually ends up being only about 6,000 that are visible with the naked eye, and all in an incredibly small local section of the Milky Way galaxy.
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Thinkin' of a master plan 'Cuz ain't nuthin' but sweat inside my hand So I dig into my pocket, all my money is spent So I dig deeper but still comin' up with lint Last edited by cartman : 12-15-2016 at 12:59 PM. |
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12-15-2016, 02:47 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Seattle
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And how many of those "stars" are actually galaxies? The scale of the universe is truly humbling.
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12-15-2016, 02:58 PM
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Death Herald
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Le stelle la notte sono grandi e luminose nel cuore profondo del Texas
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There are only three or four objects visible with the naked eye in the night sky that aren't in the Milky Way. Depending on if you are in the Southern or Northern Hemisphere, there is Andromeda and the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds. Everything else something in our solar system, or a 'local' star in the Milky Way.
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12-15-2016, 03:17 PM
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Coordinator
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Pacific
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Battlestar Galactica.
Think of the ending. Makes you wonder.
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