Re: [Semi-OT] End of the Universe

On 14/05/2025 08:29, Your Name wrote:

 According to Doctor Who, the end of the universe occurs 100 trillion years in the future, more or less from now:
    100,000,000,000,000          in US numbers
or  100,000,000,000,000,000,000  in proper British numbers
 BUT, scientists have recently recalculated when the end of the universe will occur, and it is much earlier than they had previously calculated. The universe will end in 1 quinvigintillion (a one followed by 78 zeros) years from now:
    1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,
    000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000   in US numbers
(Significantly more zeros in British numbers, but I don't know how many.)
 The Doctor Who writers were only out by a "small" amount. ;-)
 

10^12 to 10^14 years is how long the stars have left to live.

Of course, the Earth will be long long long gone by then - the Sun will swallow the Earth in a measley 7.59 billion years from now.
 

Thought it was 2.5 to 3 billion years from now when we're all burned to a crisp. Now you know why we all need to support Elon Musk.
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