Gaia spots stars flying between galaxies

Re:Gaia spots stars flying between galaxies by Ush2iaph on Tuesday October 02, 2018 @12:24PM (#18123104)

What better intergalactic colony ship than a whole star system accelerated to a significant fraction of c.

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Re:Gaia spots stars flying between galaxies by aaroninsf on Tuesday October 02, 2018 @01:15PM (#18123624)

Had the same thought... it's the Westfalia camper of a Class 2.5 civilization.

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Re:Gaia spots stars flying between galaxies by jacquesm on Tuesday October 02, 2018 @03:02PM (#18124640)

Hope they have invented a better zipper then!

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Re:Gaia spots stars flying between galaxies by japanuspus on Wednesday October 03, 2018 @01:10AM (#18127763)

If you are into big history science fiction, I highly recommend "The Wandering Earth"[1] by Liu Cixin, which explores this theme (sort of). Short enough to read in a night.

[1]: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13554058-the-wandering-e...

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Re:Gaia spots stars flying between galaxies by jefurii on Tuesday October 02, 2018 @06:35PM (#18126288)

That would certainly one-up the Puppeteers' Fleet of Worlds...

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Re:Gaia spots stars flying between galaxies by Flow on Tuesday October 02, 2018 @02:36PM (#18124393)

But how can a civilization even start to move a star to a degree it fills a purpose?

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Re:Gaia spots stars flying between galaxies by stcredzero on Tuesday October 02, 2018 @02:41PM (#18124434)

Shkadov Thrusters

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_VetAm7fCS0

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Re:Gaia spots stars flying between galaxies by def_ConGame on Tuesday October 02, 2018 @03:04PM (#18124671)

That guy's channel is awesome, but his Rhotacism drives me up the wall.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhotacism_(speech_impediment)

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Re:Gaia spots stars flying between galaxies by stcredzero on Tuesday October 02, 2018 @03:14PM (#18124775)

I just imagine Elmer Fudd dressed like Carl Sagan.

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Re:Gaia spots stars flying between galaxies by trhway on Tuesday October 02, 2018 @03:14PM (#18124781)

Before the level of moving stars, they definitely can reach the level of being capable to jump onto a suitably identified star moving in the desired direction.

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