4d ago

X-ray Signal Points to Destroyed Planet, Chandra Finds

www.nasa.gov X-ray Signal Points to Destroyed Planet, Chandra Finds - NASA

A planet may have been destroyed by a white dwarf at the center of a planetary nebula — the first time this has been seen. As described in our latest press

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6d ago

X-ray Signal Points to Destroyed Planet, Chandra Finds.

www.nasa.gov /image-article/x-ray-signal-points-to-destroyed-planet-chandra-finds/

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What if the planet used to have intelligent life but they blew themselves up accidentally?
- It would be interesting if the answer to the Fermi paradox was that every advanced lifeform accidentally blows themselves up.
  
  That's the Great Filter. Basically, no intelligent life can survive past a certain point because they end up offing themselves. Pretty much what we're about to do ourselves.