fermi paradox
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I, For One, Welcome Our New Alien Overlords
Two teams of astronomers are getting ready to send a direct message out into space to signal to other intelligent life. The message they’re sending boils down to: Hey! We’re here! We know basic maths! It could be decades, or even centuries, before we hear a reply, if there’s anything out there at all. That…
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New Video Shows How Humanity Could Spread Throughout The Galaxy
A fascinating competition to devise an efficient way of colonising the galaxy has resulted in this beautiful, and provocative, visualisation.
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One Of The Best Explanations For Why We Haven’t Found Alien Life
So far, the only examples of sentient life we’ve found are right here on our own planet. It’s not for lack of trying, though — we’ve sent out spacecraft deep into the reaches of our galaxy and, so far, still remain alone. What if the problem isn’t where where looking, though, but when?
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Alien Life Goes Extinct Early, According To A New Fermi Paradox Explanation
We have yet to discover a single trace of alien life, despite the extremely high probability that it exists somewhere. This contradiction is popularly known as the Fermi Paradox. A new theory attempts to solve this conundrum by suggesting that habitable planets are quite common in our galaxy, but nascent life gets snuffed out very…