smokey
Honorary Master
Preferably minus the abal probe thank you
Dude - they're aliens. It's what they do.
"Be afraid, be very afraid..."
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Astronomy/Space What-If
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Dude - they're aliens. It's what they do.
"Be afraid, be very afraid..."
I'd Google it...
smokey
Honorary Master
Probably - Google is the best search engine in the universe. Also, it would help if you had an AMEX card. Accepted everywhere in the universe except on Earth...
EDIT: I see someone changed the tags... I'm not crazy - I'm eccentric!
EDIT: I see someone changed the tags... I'm not crazy - I'm eccentric!
Lol @ smokey
Nanfeishen
Executive Member
I can see the headlines:
Coming soon to a theatre near you:
Star Trek Deliverance, - The Ring Tightens.
smokey
Honorary Master
ROFLMAO
mercurial
MyBB Legend
Some of you are assuming way too much. It would be almost impossible to find our way back. 50 light years away means there are billions of stars and planets and a whole lot of galaxies in between.
We can't really use any of our knowledge to fathom what Extraterrestrial civilization will be able to do.
Assuming the Extraterrestrial civilization have mastered wormhole technology, they could read the wormholes signature and just reverse it.
Presto and you back to Earth!
Question is, would you really want to come back?
Assuming the Extraterrestrial civilization have mastered wormhole technology, they could read the wormholes signature and just reverse it.
Presto and you back to Earth!
Question is, would you really want to come back?
mercurial
MyBB Legend
I sometimes wonder if the aliens are in fact just humans from the future, coming back for whatever reason? What if they lived on Earth before and left. Then after thousands of years they decide to come back and guess what they find? Us.
mercurial
MyBB Legend
Fortunately our ancestors were very direct with mentioning they were not human.
I'm aware of that
Was just thinking up some alternatives.smokey
Honorary Master
That is such a... urgh... boring explanation. No fun, no adventure - sheesh. Never, ever write a sci-fi novel. Please.
That would be an epic disappointment of note.
remybfg10k
Expert Member
Another question: Was time dilated when you traveled?
It would be cool if thousands of years passed while you traveled, and people on Earth find you via technological development
No time dilation, we are speaking strictly SG1 type travel here
Crusader
Executive Member
You would definitely be stuck there. There is no way you can pinpoint the Sol system and describe to them where Earth is located. There are billions of galaxies out there and without the aliens having a common point of reference there is simply no way to find your way back home.
Constellations would be a total waste of time, since they only appear like that from the perspective from the Sol system. From other galaxies they won't even be visible.
To give you guys an idea of the distribution of galaxies see here. Each dot there is a galaxy, not a star, each containing billions of stars, each star system possibly containing planets... that should give an idea.
Constellations would be a total waste of time, since they only appear like that from the perspective from the Sol system. From other galaxies they won't even be visible.
To give you guys an idea of the distribution of galaxies see here. Each dot there is a galaxy, not a star, each containing billions of stars, each star system possibly containing planets... that should give an idea.
mercurial
MyBB Legend
Is that an image of the cosmic microwave background radiation?
Crusader
Executive Member
The original link is on my home PC. If I remember correctly it's a redshift survey of the galaxies (not background radiation).
mercurial
MyBB Legend
Oh okay.