Posted on 08/05/2018 9:48:03 AM PDT by Simon Green
That, together with the laws of probability applied to our best understanding of the formation of star systems like our own, indicates the spaces between the stars must be populated with a wide variety of planets and 'failed stars' and their offspring. Not enough to present a bigger challenge to interstellar travel than the speed of light or the human lifespan, but still a bigger challenge than a grain of sand.
It follows that our rudimentary efforts at detection would encounter the largest, more dynamic examples.
"The galaxy is huge, with many things, but few so rare as..."
There is also one other possible explanation
Note: this topic is from . Thanks Simon Green. Odd that I never pinged the Catastrophism list before this.
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