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Astronomers Detect a Possible Signature of Life on a Distant Planet

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168 points julienchastang | 1 comments | 16 Apr 25 23:20 UTC | HN request time: 0.301s | source
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John7878781 ◴[16 Apr 25 23:32 UTC] No.43711464[source]▶
This is unsettling. If we are not the only intelligent beings in the universe, it adds credence to the idea of a "great filter."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Filter

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kulahan ◴[16 Apr 25 23:40 UTC] No.43711514[source]▶
My greatest desire is to know why we don’t see any galaxy-sized colonies. A great filter would certainly be a fascinating response!
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1. vikramkr ◴[17 Apr 25 02:36 UTC] No.43712563[source]▶
I mean, communication is insanely hard. If there's no way around the speed of light, life would still likely (slowly) expand across the stars, but it would be functionally impossible to continue to act as a unified civilization or colony across even a couple solar systems much less a whole galaxy