If we, or any conscious being is around to witness the very distant future our galaxy, what will they see? How long will life persist as the stars begin to die?
========== If our descendants or any conscious being
is around to witness the very distant future of our galaxy, what will they see? How long will life persist as the stars begin
to die? For the sake of argument, let’s say that
humanity survives the several ends of the world that await us. We somehow persist through the gradual heating of
our Sun and the evaporation of our oceans. Our descendants cling to existence through
the countless generations as we watch the Andromeda galaxy merge with the Milky Way, forming a
vast elliptical galaxy. We seek refuge in the outer solar system as
the Sun finally expands into a red giant – twice! And finally our heirs or successors find new
homes among the stars after the Sun’s final death and transformation into a dim white
dwarf. We covered all of these c...