31 Oct
How Advanced Can a Civilization Become?
- The Futurism, Science, Technology entry posted on October 31st, 2005.
Soon, humanity may face an existential shock as the current list of a dozen Jupiter-sized extra-solar planets swells to hundreds of earth-sized planets, almost identical twins of our celestial homeland. This may usher in a new era in our relationship with the universe: we will never see the night sky in the same way ever again, realizing that scientists may eventually compile an encyclopedia identifying the precise co-ordinates of perhaps hundreds of earth-like planets.
Interesting stuff at Universe Today, specifically, How Advanced Can a Civilization Become?
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