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The Eerie Silence: Are We Alone In The Universe?

Although Gravity Is By Far The Weakest Force Of Nature, Its Insidious And Cumulative Action Serves To Determine The Ultimate Fate Not Only Of Individual Astronomical Objects But Of The Entire Cosmos. The Same Remorseless Attraction That Crushes A Star Operates On A Much Grander Scale On The Universe As A Whole.

It Is Possible That A Scientific Discovery Will Be Made That Humans Will Later Regret Because It Has Awful Consequences. The Problem Is, We Probably Would Not Know In Advance And, Once The Discovery Is Made, It Cannot Be Undiscovered.

Searching For Alternative Life On Earth Might Seem Misconceived, Because There Is Excellent Evidence That Every Kind Of Life So Far Studied Evolved From A Common Ancestor That Lived Billions Of Years Ago. Yet Most Of The Life That Exists On Earth Has Never Been Properly Classified.

Many Billions Of Years Will Elapse Before The Smallest, Youngest Stars Complete Their Nuclear Burning And Shrink Into White Dwarfs. But With Slow, Agonizing Finality Perpetual Night Will Surely Fall.