Recent content by Wanderlust

The March/April Issue of Science Illustrated has a cover story on this subject.

^ Transhumanism There will be some form of biological activity on the planet until it is a whirl of atoms in the sun.

And humans wouldn't even be humans anymore.

Ameobas are interesting. You don't realize that groups of people have specialists. I am not interested at all in a new species of slug in borneo, but some people are passionate about it. Some individuals in that society may have a keen interest in new sapient civlizations. Good idea, haven't...

Oh okay, usually when people say tidally locked I assume a planet around a red dwarf or very close to the star or other object. I am not sure, i would think tidal forces from the moon would disrupt tidal locking in small amounts. That last It would be interesting to see what the experts on the...

I would think any moon would be unstable that close to a star. None of the (tidally locked) moons in our system have a moon. I think there would be significant atmospheric circulation, so perhaps the atmosphere would transfer heat. Question for others: Would outgassing be enough to...

Several Speculative Scenarios There are no active civilizations within a few tens of thousands of light years. Active being functional and broadcasting for at least a hundred thousand years time. [radius of the galaxy] There are no civilizations active within a hundred thousand years in time...