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if there are other intelligent life forms out there in our galaxy, and it only takes this amount of time to colonize the entire galaxy...then where are they? The galaxy is billions of years old so they should be everywhere by now. But we don't see them.
We might just possibly be the first to do it.
How is that interesting? Seriously, a guy sat down and wrote whatever crap came to his mind and yet you find that interesting? Just wow!!
We probably can't see them and they probably can't see us either, at least not optically, however they can detect us on a different part of the electromagnetic spectrum as quite a few nearby star systems have already received our "I Love Lucy" television episodes and more are receiving them all the time.
Originally posted by Lucid Lunacy
Not sure I understand your critique though. I was under the assumption (a layman) we can't observe the majority of the planets in our galaxy. I mean sufficiently enough to determine if life was living there. I thought we couldn't even determine atmospheric conditions for most.
They could be a couple years off on the date though.
May 13, 2028 — The SETI Institute reported yesterday that after 44 years of seeking first contact, it has finally received a message from an alien race. The organization, which seeks to find life elsewhere in the universe, said it received a transmission April 15 from a species requesting additional episodes of I Love Lucy.
“This is a day we’ve been dreaming of for years,” said SETI spokeswoman Stella Beam. “And it appears these aliens share our sense of humor – or at least the sense of humor we had 60 years ago.”
I believe the universe will recycle itself. Like you said "I don't buy the idea that the universe will end." I don't believe there was ever a start either, the universe just has been.
Originally posted by Lucid Lunacy
reply to post by CeeRZ
Anywhere from 1 trillion to 100 trillion years from now, the formation of new stars ends as galaxies deplete the gas clouds that are necessary to form new stars, according to Fred C. Adams, professor of physics at the University of Michigan. This marks what astrophysicists call the Degenerate Era. With no remaining free hydrogen to form new stars, all remaining stars will slowly exhaust their fuel and die.
...and then the Universe implodes in on itself and starts all over
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Text Not only do scientists have the ability to predict the extreme future of the universe, they have actually sat down and done it, charting the universe’s course for the next 3x1043 years.