👽🌌🕳️ The dream of neighbors among the stars curdles into silence. To find them, their empires must endure for ages beyond ours, hidden 33,000 light years away, or not at all. The cosmos is a mausoleum of failed beginnings, and we are left to wonder if awareness is nothing but a lonely trick. #CosmicDread https://www.independent.co.uk/space/aliens-advanced-technology-planet-distance-b2833464.html