Chances of E.T. Living Subsurface Ocean of Enceladus Given Major Boost

Re:Chances of E.T. Living Subsurface Ocean of Enceladus Give... by mirimir on Monday November 13, 2017 @03:13PM (#15689789)

Well, that is rather the idea in The Killing Star. Also The Dark Forest by Liu Cixin.

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Re:Chances of E.T. Living Subsurface Ocean of Enceladus Give... by Asparagirl on Monday November 13, 2017 @03:35PM (#15689974)

Also the classic 1941 short story “Nightfall” by Asimov. Aliens live on a world that is part of a complex solar system orbiting multiple stars, so it’s only nighttime once every two thousand years. At that point, the civilizations look up at the dark sky, perceive that there are many other stars, which shocks them with the enormity of the universe and how small and insignificant they are, and...well, it doesn’t go very well.

EDIT: It’s online! http://www.astro.sunysb.edu/fwalter/AST389/TEXTS/Nightfall.h...

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Re:Chances of E.T. Living Subsurface Ocean of Enceladus Give... by Asooka on Tuesday November 14, 2017 @03:51AM (#15693648)

Wasn't that an allegory for the spread of Nazism?

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