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Re:Galaxy Simulations Offer a New Solution to the Fermi Paradox by reallydude on Friday March 08, 2019 @04:19PM (#19342289)
gas giants dont eject material as often and tend to be large gravity wells because thats the defining characteristic that maintains cohesion? (giant)
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Re:Galaxy Simulations Offer a New Solution to the Fermi Paradox by pvg on Friday March 08, 2019 @04:48PM (#19342535)
As often as what? Plus, we've seen some pretty huge rocky planets. Another way of looking this is that it's akin to erroneously calculating the probability that someone might win the lottery twice by multiplying 1/gazillion by 1/gazillion and concluding it can't realistically ever happen.
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