Last Contact: Science + Fiction

I know it isn't my story to discuss in class, but Last Contact struck me as being kind of weird. I personally really liked the story as it seemed like a plausible end. However, the thing that struck me as total BS in the story was what it takes part of its name from.

All of the alien contacts we just suddenly start receiving. What was it, like 5 a day? 5 a week? I forget. But irregardless, that is a huge number, even at 5 a week. 5 entire civilizations of unknown origin and location suddenly flood in every week. Other intelligent beings exist somewhere (it is mathematically impossible that they do not).

However, they are not close enough to send us a message because other creatures are most likely just as curious as we are and would have already tried finding other's around them. Because great discovery only comes from great curiosity. So an advanced civilization must also have an advanced curiosity.

And even if they sent a dying message as their sole message. This big rip seems to shred everything. So their message (which is comprised of energy aka electrons) would have been shredded in the process as well...