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Nope! Some stars are in a stable orbit in a region with some NASTY orbiting interlopers who are eating star systems every million years and have just not made t
by erikpukinskis 7y ago
Nope! Some stars are in a stable orbit in a region with some NASTY orbiting interlopers who are eating star systems every million years and have just not made their way to them yet.
We have made it at least a billion or so without getting too close to a nasty body so that says something about the region around us.
- samplatt 7y agoI'm guessing you've read Incandescence by Greg Egan? It explores the possibility that general relativity could be discovered by a pre-industrial civilisation living inside an asteroid in a very tight orbit of one those nasty interlopers.
- xelxebar 7y agoEgan is one of my all-time favorite SF authors. Was delighted and surprised to find his name popping up in some nitty-gritty, research-level algebra discussions recently. I haven't heard of Incadescence so it's definitely going on the list. Am also intrigued by Dichronauts too! Have you read it?