today.reuters.com— It was extremely brief but very strong, and appears to have come from about 3 billion light-years away -- a light-year being the distance light travels in a year, or about 6 trillion miles.
Sep 27, 2007View in Crawl 4
A truly interstellar civilization would probably exceed the need or abilities of stars for some of their needs. For example, if they needed a LOT of power, perhaps cause a truly MASSIVE galactic event? Honestly, with a sufficiently powerful civilization, the power of the sun could be like a match to them.
A truly interstellar civilization would probably exceed the need or abilities of stars for some of their needs. For example, if they needed a LOT of power, perhaps cause a truly MASSIVE galactic event? Honestly, with a sufficiently powerful civilization, the power of the sun could be like a match to them.
mancatSep 28, 2007
it was the eye of jupiter. they're coming.
accessviolationSep 28, 2007
Are you incapable of laughing off someone poking a little bit of fun at you?
djohnmalkovich2Sep 28, 2007
"...There is no way any civilization that we could possibly think of could create a thing so incredibly powerful,"Wanna bet!
basilarchiaSep 29, 2007
No, there's only 2,000 miles in a light year. You just just have to carry your light at the right speed.
blazes816Sep 29, 2007
Not to mention "He said in a statement".
machismoOct 1, 2007
A truly interstellar civilization would probably exceed the need or abilities of stars for some of their needs. For example, if they needed a LOT of power, perhaps cause a truly MASSIVE galactic event? Honestly, with a sufficiently powerful civilization, the power of the sun could be like a match to them.
machismoOct 1, 2007
A truly interstellar civilization would probably exceed the need or abilities of stars for some of their needs. For example, if they needed a LOT of power, perhaps cause a truly MASSIVE galactic event? Honestly, with a sufficiently powerful civilization, the power of the sun could be like a match to them.