dingo1018 t1_iudxmwd wrote on October 30, 2022 at 4:30 PM

Reply to comment by MVRK_3 in The scariest picture of space... by EDFLsnape

I think after the event that sent it apart from it's star it would settle into a very stable state, space is vast, the odds of it coming close enough to another star close enough to benefit from it's heat output would likely be it's death due to gravitational shear.

MVRK_3 t1_iudyt6h wrote on October 30, 2022 at 4:38 PM

Possibly. But would life have time to evolve into some kind of intelligent form in that span though? In earths 4 billion or so years, we have barely evolved into intelligent life to barely touch the moon. Obviously there could have been life forms that evolve faster and discover technology faster than we have, but I still think it’s very unlikely.

Also I find it very sad that we will never find out the answers to everything we’re discussing.