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A Snapshot of the Universe 3 Trillion Years From Now

Posted by Zonk on from the really-gives-you-a-sense-of-perspective dept.

ultracool wrote with a link to a Science Daily article that requires that you think long term. Really long term. Case Western Reserve University physicists are theorizing that trillions of years from now the universe will become 'static'. Essentially, the information that we use to gauge our Galaxy's position in the universe will have moved beyond the 'visible horizon. "What remains will be 'an island universe' made from the Milky Way and its nearby galactic Local Group neighbors in an overwhelmingly dark void ... The researchers followed up that discussion with one tracking early elements like helium and deuterium produced in the Big Bang. They predict systems that allow us to detect primordial deuterium will be dispersed throughout the universe to become undetectable, while helium in concentrations of approximately 25 percent at the Big Bang will become indiscernible as stars will produce far more helium in the course of their lives to cloud the origins of the early universe."

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  1. Re:uhh by someone1234 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Contrary to the weather predictions, no one will complain about it.

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  2. Ok that's it. by Ravear · · Score: 5, Funny

    First idiot to mention a certain game with a protracted development schedule gets shot.

  3. Re:We Are Gods by gaderael · · Score: 5, Funny

    Not content with the fact we will die in less than ten billionths of the time interval discussed in this story, some of us still obsess with thinking we know the answers to the universe. But why do they obsess? Everyone knows the answer to the universe is '42'.
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  4. Putting recent articles into perspective by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny
    And now, a quick recap of four recent articles on Slashdot:

    1. Movies: Celebrate 25 years of TRON!
    2. Games: Players of EVE Online cry foul over preferential treatment by admins towards some players.
    3. TV: Fans of the TV show "Jericho" mail over nine tons of nuts to CBS in a desperate attempt to keep the show on the air.
    4. Science: In three billion years, the universe will just stop, everything you know and love will be no more, and here's a glimpse of the nothing it'll be.


    Hooray perspective! Now let's go out there and have some fun!
  5. Oh well... by rizole · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...Just enough time for another bath then...

  6. Re:What about now? by nih · · Score: 3, Funny

    God put the Cosmic Microwave Background there to test our faith!

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