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Making an assumption here about Proxima Centauri's own Oort Cloud, but seems like if it's the same size as ours, they'd overlap? Seems like a potentially intere
by akamoonknight 5y ago
Making an assumption here about Proxima Centauri's own Oort Cloud, but seems like if it's the same size as ours, they'd overlap? Seems like a potentially interesting way for "stuff" to get transferred from one solar system to another.
- jl6 5y agoI believe we are discovering that space isn’t as empty as we once imagined. Rock-hopping could be a viable method of (slow) interstellar travel.
- oAlbe 5y agoIsn't that how you end up in an endless Solar System war? Belta-lowda! Belta-lowda! Belta-lowda!
- JohnWhigham 5y agoEh, we're talking about a section of an arm on a galaxy that we're in. I'm pretty sure there's nothing in between most galaxies.
- floxy 5y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intergalactic_star#Mass https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intergalactic_star#Mass
- ncmncm 5y agoIf you take long enough at it, you get comfortable out there and don't need stars anymore.