A brilliant riff on a fascinating paper…
Originally shared by Brian Koberlein
The Fading Truth
By some estimates the rogue world has been cold for about 100 billion years. What atmosphere it once had was long gone, and for most of its life the world sailed between the starry sea of the supergalaxy. But for the first few billion years of its existence it had orbited a star. Under the warmth of a sun, life arose. Remnants of life on the world are faint, but unmistakable. And then there is the beacon….
The rest is at https://briankoberlein.com/2016/06/02/the-fading-truth/