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Gravitycollapse

(8,155 posts) Wed Aug 28, 2013, 08:54 PM Aug 2013

A must-see visual representation of distance in our solar system (dial-up warning)

http://imgur.com/gallery/cMxcN

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A must-see visual representation of distance in our solar system (dial-up warning) (Original Post) Gravitycollapse Aug 2013 OP

And people think we have been visited by space aliens. RC Aug 2013 #1

Well, the Sun is kind of a young star. Other places in space could be billions of years ahead... Gravitycollapse Aug 2013 #2

RC

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1. And people think we have been visited by space aliens.

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Wed Aug 28, 2013, 11:47 PM

Aug 2013

Yeah right.

Gravitycollapse

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2. Well, the Sun is kind of a young star. Other places in space could be billions of years ahead...

Reply to RC (Reply #1)

Wed Aug 28, 2013, 11:56 PM

Aug 2013

As far as possibly harboring intelligent life. Which means that any life in such a system could be billions of years more advanced than humans.

Consider the possibility that some intelligent life evolved into a life of continuous space travel a billion years ago. Even if their space vehicles are much slower than light speed, they are likely still much faster than our own (think ion pulse engines) and have had a billion years to get closer to us.

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