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   Fraser Cain (fraser@m.universetoday.com)'s status on Wednesday, 10-May-2023 20:07:14 JST Fraser Cain

   Advanced Life Should Have Already Peaked Billions of Years Ago

   Astronomers are starting to work out what impact black holes have on their galaxies and those surrounding them. According to a new study, powerful winds coming from black holes could impact the formation of life itself. What were the best places and times in the Universe for these civilizations to form? The denser the environment with more black holes driving star formation, the less habitable the galaxy. The most successful civilizations arose in galaxies large enough to form stars but far away from galaxy clusters. Intelligent civilizations peaked around 6 billion years ago.

   https://arxiv.org/abs/2305.04033