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summer
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Date: November 18, 2019 07:05PM
We will be long gone by then. And by "we" I mean our descendants who will be as different from us as we are from the early hominids -- much more so. We will evolve in many different directions as we disperse to other worlds. And we will likely be able to direct our own evolution, if we wish to do so.
I do think we will survive. All we have to do is to get a toehold in various places -- Mars, the Moon, and further afield. Not everyone will survive, but some will. And those who survive will carry on. We are a tough, clever species, and I think we will make it.
Here's a fun fact -- the Sun is projected to start dying in 5 billion years. But the Milky Way galaxy is projected to start colliding with the Andromeda galaxy in about 2 billion years, giving us lots and lots of new neighbor solar systems.
To quote the attached article --
"After they first collide, the galaxies will merge into one. Despite plowing into each other at full force, there are not expected to be direct collisions between stars in the two galaxies, because there is so much open space between them. The coming together will, however, knock the stars into different orbits."
Be sure to wave hello to our future neighbors! :)
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/andromeda-galaxy-will-collide-with-milky-way/Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 11/18/2019 07:12PM by summer.