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I think that when they say "intergalactic", they're not referring to ships crossing between galaxies - they just mean that the signals we're detecting (which may be light-sail 'engines') come from outside the Milky Way. The ships themselves could just be cruising between stars within those galaxies.



Well, now I feel dumb. I should have read beyond the abstract before commenting!




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