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> What do you mean? What would be the source of the regular wave-like signal The source of the signal would be a solar system that contains planets in a stable
by dumpsterdiver 3y ago
> What do you mean? What would be the source of the regular wave-like signal
The source of the signal would be a solar system that contains planets in a stable enough orbit to harbor life.
> and why only systems with life have one?
Solar systems that harbor life (our own, for example) are not the only stable solar systems. A stable solar system is however required to be the genesis grounds of life as we understand it, otherwise the building blocks of such potential life would be swallowed in the chaos and heat.
- sethammons 3y agoHow does stability lead to a wave? We can see wobble in stars to know they are getting tugged by planets. Are you expecting similar with gravity? I'm not a physicist nor astronomer. I wouldn't expect any gravity waves as I'd expect the star system to have a center of mass that stays in roughly the same space.
- dumpsterdiver 3y ago> How does stability lead to a wave? All gravitational events lead to a wave. A system emitting stable waves creates a "pattern".