The image at the top may be an actual photograph, while the second at the bottom is clearly and artist’s concept.
It will just need to leave behind a small ‘seed’ which will blossom into a 2-dimensional construct that will suck the entire system into it. Is life possible in a 2-dimensional world? We may find out soon ...
As for pajama boy Avi Loeb’s assertion that space faring cultures are likely friendly ... I just have to say, “Hahahahahaha, sucker.”
That’s the answer to Fermi’s Paradox - if there are alien civilizations, where are they?
Answer: hiding from other predators. No predator likes competition. Something we naively ignore.
The notion that advanced civilizations would be friendly is very strange, that is for sure.
Ask any ant—or cow for that matter.