Witches, Magic, Murder, & Mystery by Megan and Kara

June 20, 2025 342. MYSTERY: The Great Silence

If intelligent life is likely, why haven’t we found any? We’re diving into the Fermi Paradox, the unsettling theories behind the Great Silence, and what our loneliness in the universe might really mean.

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Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fermi_paradox

https://www.seti.org/fermi-paradox-0

https://www.space.com/25325-fermi-paradox.html

https://www.britannica.com/story/the-fermi-paradox-where-are-all-the-aliens

https://www.planetary.org/articles/the-fermi-paradox-where-are-all-the-aliens

https://www.livescience.com/fermi-paradox

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wow%21_signal

https://www.seti.org/wow-signal-lingering-mystery-or-natural-phenomenon

https://earthsky.org/space/wow-signal-explained-comets-antonio-paris/

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-wow-signal-seti-mystery-might-at-last-be-solved/

https://www.thesun.co.uk/tech/29990417/wow-signal-space-neutron-star-magnetar-origin/

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https://science.nasa.gov/missions/hubble/hubble-finds-weird-home-of-farthest-fast-radio-burst/

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https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/is-tabbys-star-a-swarm-of-extraterrestrial-structures

https://www.psu.edu/news/research/story/alien-megastructure-not-cause-behind-most-mysterious-star-universe

https://www.sci.news/astronomy/kic-8462852-binary-system-09311.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dyson_sphere

https://www.space.com/dyson-sphere.html

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