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[rocketboy]

I say almost dead but it still has a good few thousand(s) years left in it yet

They say.... If the universe was a clock face and the beginning (the big bang) was at midnight and the end (the bigger bang lol) was at midday, the current time would be 2 seconds to midday.

Here is a video from NASA, the active parts of the sun are bright, the rest of it has burned itself out.

http://pwg.gsfc.nasa...2/EITmay98.html

[Illinifan91]

wont be in our lifetime so im not worrying about it.

[Magnesium]

Thousands of years is a major underestimate. Current research suggests that the sun will be able to support life on earth for around another one billion years. Though it wont really die out for at least another five billion (Developing into a red giant, then white dwarf).

Also, I think you may have confused the clock quote with one about the length of time humanity has been around. The universe is certainly not half-way through its life - even if the universe were to 'end' in the quickest way possible (big crunch), it would take at least another 100 billion years for the expansion to slow down and reverse (Sorry, I can't find the citation for this).
Apparently the current most likely end to the universe is the Big Rip, though this would take trillions, rather than billions of years.

Edited by Magnesium, 10 August 2006 - 11:04 AM.

[Griffin]

Ya I had seen the clock regarding the life of Eart up until now. But like Mag said from what researchers have concluded we still have a good 1-2 billions years left before the sun engulfs the Earth as a red giant. Actually our Galaxy and Another are set to colide in I believe 8 billion years....I think Mag explaind the universe portion pretty well so I'll leave that part to him

Edited by Griffin, 10 August 2006 - 11:25 AM.

[Matthew.]

rocketboy, on Aug 10 2006, 07:42 AM, said:

I say almost dead but it still has a good few thousand(s) years left in it yet

ROFL.

Anyone who has ever done any type of basic physics work at school knows the sun has 5 million years left. hehe, 1000s of years lol

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it would take at least another 100 billion years for the expansion to slow down and reverse (Sorry, I can't find the citation for this).

There is a lot of confusion about what type of universe ours is, however it seems we are JUST past the mark where our universe is a constant expanding one. It wont reverse

Edited by .Matt, 10 August 2006 - 11:48 AM.

[Kristopher]

I am not to worried about it, I will be gone long before it ever happens!

[Dale71]

But we have to start thinking about it because just think about our great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great grand kids, Do we really want them to die this horrible death..

Ok stupid people, Don't answer that question, but still, Just think, we may be the generation that saves the world for another generation. What we do now is making history, Lets give our grand kids somthing good to read about there ansestors

[Hoot]

fusionmanx, on Aug 10 2006, 09:47 AM, said:

wont be in our lifetime so im not worrying about it.

same thoughts lol.

Dale71, its our great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great grand kids problem, not ours.

Hoot

Edited by Hoot, 10 August 2006 - 02:05 PM.

[Clandestine]

Hoot, on Aug 10 2006, 07:04 PM, said:

fusionmanx, on Aug 10 2006, 09:47 AM, said:

wont be in our lifetime so im not worrying about it.

same thoughts lol.

Dale71, its our great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great grand kids problem, not ours.

Hoot

haha hoot, i was just going to post that, a bunch of greats lol....... you beat me to it. Ninja edit FTW!!

-Devyn

[Dale71]

Not if your kids decide to have kids that there kids decide and so on.. bla bla I really cba to do it that many times but still..

[Faken]

Magnesium, on Aug 10 2006, 12:00 PM, said:

Thousands of years is a major underestimate. Current research suggests that the sun will be able to support life on earth for around another one billion years. Though it wont really die out for at least another five billion (Developing into a red giant, then white dwarf).

Also, I think you may have confused the clock quote with one about the length of time humanity has been around. The universe is certainly not half-way through its life - even if the universe were to 'end' in the quickest way possible (big crunch), it would take at least another 100 billion years for the expansion to slow down and reverse (Sorry, I can't find the citation for this).
Apparently the current most likely end to the universe is the Big Rip, though this would take trillions, rather than billions of years.

Someone hand me some tylenol...

Dan

[rocketboy]

Good grief LOL .. It was just a bit of fun, I think the same as you, who cares, I wont be here.

all you white coat wearing astronomy anoraks who said in a high ptiched nasal scientific tone "but wait actually according to calculations it will be billions of eons before our star swallows all of its orbital satellites" can go back to your drawings now LOL

Edited by rocketboy, 10 August 2006 - 04:27 PM.

[RastaManPower]

it wont happen in my lifetime so for now im not worried lol

[l3lueMage]

okay, if you do believe the clock thing, and its 2 seconds to midday thats not almost.

if you said like 6 hours to midday, then yea but 2 seconds...almost? lol!

[Magnesium]

Haha, don't be spiteful just because I have an affinity for physics now kiddo