Extraterrestrial life

[Fast and Spurious]

Cold said:

But we're just going around and around in circles.

At solar system level and galactic level, yes... But our whole galaxy itself is travelling in a straight line.

[anonymous-user]

Fast and Spurious said:

But our whole galaxy itself is travelling in a straight line.

our galaxy is part of the which is a component of the Virgo Supercluster, which is itself a component of the Laniakea Supercluster. This gravitational focal point of Laniakea called the Great Attractor, so there is no straight line.

Explained here

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rENyyRwxpHo

Edited by The Spruce goose on Monday 22 January 09:50

[RDMcG]

ash73 said:

Simpo Two said:

I can't think of anything that would kill all 7.000.000.000 human beings short of the sun exploding.

Supernova <50 ly
Gamma ray burst <1000 ly
Encounter with black hole or rogue planet
Impact from stellar object 5-10km
Impact from interstellar object 1-5km
Extreme solar event
Extreme volcanic activity
Nuclear winter
Biological warfare
AI or alien extermination
Adverse evolution

Other than that though .,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

[RDMcG]

I suggest we nominate the Leader of the Free World and the Greatest Nation Ever to go meet them personally. Maybe wearing a Make Universe Greater hat.

There is a risk of kid napping.

[Toltec]

RDMcG said:

I suggest we nominate the Leader of the Free World and the Greatest Nation Ever to go meet them personally. Maybe wearing a Make Universe Greater hat.

There is a risk of kid napping.

I'm sure the aliens will be advanced enough to prevent that.

[The Wookie]

RDMcG said:

I suggest we nominate the Leader of the Free World and the Greatest Nation Ever to go meet them personally. Maybe wearing a Make Universe Greater hat.

There is a risk of kid napping.

Nah I reckon the Aliens would vote Trump

[JohneeBoy]

scorp said:

Moonhawk said:

Well if the study of life on this planet has taught us anything - extinction seems to be the norm. Far more species have gone extinct than not - why should humans be a special case?

We are probably the only species to have existed to be fully aware and capable of averting our extinction.

And fully capable of causing our own extinction.

[Moonhawk]

scorp said:

We are probably the only species to have existed to be fully aware and capable of averting our extinction.

True but I feel we overestimate our capability in that regard especially considering we only have one Bruce Willis - and he’s getting on a bit

[warp9]

The Spruce goose said:

our galaxy is part of the which is a component of the Virgo Supercluster, which is itself a component of the Laniakea Supercluster. This gravitational focal point of Laniakea called the Great Attractor, so there is no straight line.

Explained here

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rENyyRwxpHo

Wow!

[anonymous-user]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4nv-cP_qqg

What Is The Great Attractor?

[Eric Mc]

Donald Trump.