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44. Well maybe these aliens are really, really, really, really, really, really big. ;-) (n/t)

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Thu Oct 15, 2015, 08:45 PM

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Not CT, From Washington Post - serious scientists - alien megastructure [View all] RKP5637 Oct 2015 OP

To give an idea of scale.... jeff47 Oct 2015 #1

Maybe parts of a dim nebula are coming between us and the star occasionally. DisgustipatedinCA Oct 2015 #2

Nebulae don't move that fast. jeff47 Oct 2015 #3

A white dwarf would be smaller than Jupiter Fumesucker Oct 2015 #17

Hard for humans. Oneironaut Oct 2015 #23

It'd be easier with Replicator-styled robots, and doable even by humans. Decoy of Fenris Oct 2015 #36

If they are that advanced, we better shut up our radio presence asap. AngryAmish Oct 2015 #38

Well maybe these aliens are really, really, really, really, really, really big. ;-) (n/t) thesquanderer Oct 2015 #44

And with really, really, really, really, really, really, really big ideas, too! randome Oct 2015 #47

Obviously a Culture GSV, with some GCUs and such in orbit with it. Lizzie Poppet Oct 2015 #4

We'll just call this an excession, for now muriel_volestrangler Oct 2015 #7

Agreed. Lizzie Poppet Oct 2015 #8

I've used 3 Culture ship names for internet user names muriel_volestrangler Oct 2015 #10

Well, if we've found the ringworld... JHB Oct 2015 #5

I'm worried about Consu. AngryAmish Oct 2015 #39

Uh oh. I suspect the freedom caucus... Whiskeytide Oct 2015 #6

With our luck aliens would turn out to be hifiguy Oct 2015 #27

from Wikipedia wheniwasincongress Oct 2015 #9

For those of you that have Stellarium (Free), you can find it by doing a search, in stellarium, BlueJazz Oct 2015 #11

Thanks! WOW! I just installed it for Linux. I put in TYC 3162-665-1 RKP5637 Oct 2015 #14

Run your mouse all the way to the left of your screen (about 4" from the bottom).. BlueJazz Oct 2015 #18

Thanks!!! This is incredible!!! So glad you posted this! RKP5637 Oct 2015 #19

Thank you. On the bottom of the screen there's the little icons. The far right on closes the program BlueJazz Oct 2015 #20

This is soooooooooo cool! I had absolutely no idea something like this RKP5637 Oct 2015 #21

Would you show me link to install it? dixiegrrrrl Oct 2015 #25

I run Linux Mint. I installed it from the sw search in Mint. It's similar to Ubuntu. RKP5637 Oct 2015 #42

Yay! I found it in my Ubuntu Softwaer package program dixiegrrrrl Oct 2015 #43

Great News!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! n/t RKP5637 Oct 2015 #46

Yeah, an exciting possibility Bradical79 Oct 2015 #12

Yep, there is certainly some interesting stuff going on in this huge universe wherein RKP5637 Oct 2015 #13

Well, I sometimes tend to have a pessimistic outlook Bradical79 Oct 2015 #15

Yep, this is likely a very good way to look at it. I often think that without RKP5637 Oct 2015 #16

I would hope that if intelligent life has evolved hifiguy Oct 2015 #29

Sad DUers have to begin posts ''Not CT...'' due to fear of censorship or ridicule... Octafish Oct 2015 #22

Thanks Octafish! There is so much in the universe, so much going on. Yes, exactly RKP5637 Oct 2015 #24

Well, this universe is an awfully big and old place. hifiguy Oct 2015 #30

100 million earth-like planets in the Milky Way galaxy alone. Rex Oct 2015 #31

Evan reducing the parameters of the Drake Equation hifiguy Oct 2015 #32

True but does the equation take into account the extra dimension of time. Rex Oct 2015 #33

Time is a factor in it, hifiguy Oct 2015 #34

Interesting, thanks. Rex Oct 2015 #35

Things will really get interesting hifiguy Oct 2015 #37

I forgot about that! Rex Oct 2015 #40

It does make you want to scream, doesn't it. hifiguy Oct 2015 #41

If you read the actual paper, it doesn't even mention aliens. It think they're comets. frizzled Oct 2015 #26

I am not saying it is Ancient Alien Megastructures... Rex Oct 2015 #28

I think you meant to post THIS: mr goodbeer Oct 2015 #45