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We sent the nanobots out
To explore the galaxy,
New jump tech sent them hopping,
Faster than old sub-light probes,
Self-repairing and –replicating,
Using what they needed to
Keep up the search,
They could go where we
Had not the funds to follow.
Back they trickled, flowed,
Then torrented,
Bringing back fantastic shots:
Worlds, stars, & nebulae
Imploding, bursting, shrinking.
Then, one by one,
The nearer stars winked out.