dave_hitz t1_j5w1d9t wrote
So that's where the first interstellar civilizations will form. It's still a long trip, but imagine being able to exchange laser messages in a month, round trip. You can imagine a buzzing web of communication, and much more incentive to try to mount a trip. Wow.
Tubesock1202 t1_j5w35lh wrote
It's not impossible but it is improbable. As I understand it, that region of space is highly unstable. All those stars that close together wreaks havoc on the orbits of planets and stars. The closer to the middle you get the closer to the supermassive black hole at the center and the stars in that area are absolutely screaming through space. There's a bunch of other factors contributing to that region of space being very hostile to life as we know it.
Much like how solar systems have "goldilocks zones", galaxies have them too.
radiantwave t1_j5w4ttl wrote
It is worse than that... The solar systems at the center of the Galaxy are uninhabitable due to many factors, one of which is radiation...
AdClemson t1_j5xfwa9 wrote
> The solar systems at the center of the Galaxy are uninhabitable
I always such statement a stretch when spoken with such clear confidence. Simple answer is that we don't know. We assume its hostile based on our own understanding of life on our own planet. There simply could be life that uses that high levels of radiation as energy source and be able to withstand radiation. Imagine a Silicon based lifeform? or something completely different than our own DNA based versions.
Specially when we continue to find life on our own planet in extreme inhospitable conditions where life simply shouldn't be possible.
IndustrialChiller t1_j5xaxh5 wrote
Why laser instead of radio? A laser beam won't stay collimated at interstellar distances, even these "short" ones.
dave_hitz t1_j5xkkn6 wrote
I was just trying to be all sciency. Radio may well be better.
Nazamroth t1_j5xf26t wrote
Yeah no. We are actually in a better spot for that. Civilization would not survive long enough in that chaotic mess to go interstellar.
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