Does size matter?

[Duke]

The star uses up all the hydrogen (it's fuel) in the core, but there is still hydrogen on the outer layer so it starts to burn that which causes expansion.

Yup!

File:Sun red giant.svg - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


edit: lmao that the link still works despite the smiley in it

 

[Glockmatic]

will we ever find out?

It could take hundreds or perhaps a thousand years for us to find life out there. Think of the distances between stars and galaxies, if we send a probe to a distant star which is perhaps 5 light years away at light speed, it would take decades to get there and take years to send information back to us. We would have to send millions of probes out, perhaps trillions of dollars spent on a 0.00000001% chance of finding life, no politician would go for that.

 

[ArtsyGirl]

Hey I've seen those corn-fields and as dumb as those hill-billy's are the facts are there.. hehe I'm in the group that thinks this universe is way to big not to have something kickin round out there somewhere. I say lets not disturb them, us humans can't even get along, if they want to chill let them approach us..

 

[Duke]

Think of the distances between stars and galaxies, if we send a probe to a distant star which is perhaps 5 light years away at light speed, it would take decades to get there and take years to send information back to us.

No, it would take 5 light years

But yeah, with conventional means we're never even gonna get near.

Here's hoping for technology!

Warp Six, mr. Sulu!

 

[keco52]

Hey I've seen those corn-fields and as dumb as those hill-billy's are the facts are there.. hehe I'm in the group that thinks this universe is way to big not to have something kickin round out there somewhere. I say lets not disturb them, us humans can't even get along, if they want to chill let them approach us..

Didn't ppl do that with boards tho? The cornfield stuff. I thought I saw something about that.

I dk...I'm tired...its Friday...but I agree with the rest.

 

[S. Fourteen]

I say lets not disturb them, us humans can't even get along, if they want to chill let them approach us..

Yeah, so they can claim Mars as their own and build strategic missile defense system there. We get vaporized while we make flower necklaces and sing Kumbaya.

 

[ArtsyGirl]

Exactly.. I'm glad you see my point. How do we even know they would be aggressive? Thats just the image we've cooked up in our heads from watching Hollywood's take on it..

 

[S. Fourteen]

They would feel that we would need to be eradicated because their god told them that they are the one.

Peaceful Earth is not going to prevent wars in space. just like peaceful Australia isn't preventing wars in Africa.

The world would be a little sad if they never discovered Australia and we never got artisticgurl.

Either way, finding life out there is another thing all together - we need to build McDonalds on Mars.

 

[Duke]

Wouldn't it be funny if we encounter all sorts of alien life and find out wars are only fought on earth?

I'd shit tears of laughter.

 

[ArtsyGirl]

They would feel that we would need to be eradicated because their god told them that they are the one.

Peaceful Earth is not going to prevent wars in space. just like peaceful Australia isn't preventing wars in Africa.

The world would be a little sad if they never discovered Australia and we never got artisticgurl.

Either way, finding life out there is another thing all together - we need to build McDonalds on Mars.

Let me be difficult.

How do we know aliens even believe in God's?

I didn't say we shouldn't prevent them, I just said lets not go looking for them. We should fix up Earth first.

Thank you, but why only a little sad?

We should take all the McDonald's and put them on Mars yes.

 

[ArtsyGirl]

Wouldn't it be funny if we encounter all sorts of alien life and find out wars are only fought on earth?

I'd shit tears of laughter.

I'd just want that to happen to see you shit tears.
:amuse:

 

[S. Fourteen]

We should fix up Earth first.

It might be too late then.

I'll rephrase - I'd shit tears if we never got artisticgurl.