Prof. Brian Cox: "Carl Sagan said all civilisations destroy themselves at the stage we are at" He warns that civilizations like ours may never reach the stars because we destroy ourselves first. When you industrialize as a civilization you hit problems which are probably common to all civilizations. We're approaching that filter and it could be we don't pass through it. This is one of the leading explanations for the Fermi Paradox: the eerie silence of the universe despite its vastness. Advan...

🚨The BBC Once Blocked a Live Search for Alien Signals… Because it Might Break Editorial Rules I know that this post sounds almost like satire, but it's true. Physicist Brian Cox revealed that during the BBC's Stargazing Live broadcast, he wanted to point the Jodrell Bank radio https://t.co/D5N0op2hLI