Fraser Cain on Nostr: SETI has a problem: The universe is enormous, and we never know when and where to ...
SETI has a problem: The universe is enormous, and we never know when and where to look. Astronomers have proposed that celestial events, like nearby supernovae, could act like a clock, allowing civilizations to time their communications with each other. A new paper proposes that a fast-moving star near the center of the Milky Way could serve the same role, allowing civilizations to coordinate their communications as it completes a 16-year orbit.
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-4357/ad2a48 
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