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Episode 609: Why Haven't Aliens Settled Every Star In The Milky Way? With Adam Frank
At the American Astronomical Society's meeting Honolulu I got a chance to talk with Adam Frank about new research he's worked with Caleb Scharf, Jonathan Carroll-Nellenback and Jason Wright about the Fermi Paradox. They calculated how difficult it would be for aliens traveling at 10% the speed of light to settle the entire Milky Way, and it turns out, it's not as simple as you might think.Visit Adam Frank's website:https://www.adamfrankscience.com/Read the article at Scientific American here:https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/life-unbounded/galactic-extremism/Our Book is…
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