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  3. Why Humanity Probably Won't Accidentally Start An Interstellar War With An Alien Civilization

Why Humanity Probably Won't Accidentally Start An Interstellar War With An Alien Civilization

August 17, 2018
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"Interstellar distances are vast. It takes light four years and three months to cross the distance to the nearest star, Proxima Centauri, which hosts a habitable planet, Proxima b."

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