The future of the world (astronomy)

Thu May 31, 2007 3:47 am

Check this out... it's pretty crazy but amazing at the same time.

http://thefutureofourworld.ytmnd.com/

Thu May 31, 2007 12:19 pm

Absolutely fascinating. At least I'm not gonna be about for most of it.

Thu May 31, 2007 1:25 pm

werepup wrote:Absolutely fascinating. At least I'm not gonna be about for most of it.

Hear hear. It was pretty neat. But shouldn't the title of the topic be (astronomy), not (astrology)?

Thu May 31, 2007 3:46 pm

*Waves modly magic wand* Fixed.

I couldn't help but wait for the scary picture and screaming to appear.

Thu May 31, 2007 7:03 pm

Nifty.

I'd love to watch our galaxy collide with another; sure, I'd probably die, but it'd be fun to watch.

Fri Jun 01, 2007 2:16 pm

Give it about Nineteen Billion years and the Universe will be torn apart at the Quantum level, with humans surviving until the last moments of existence.

Or Entropic heat death. That would suck a bit more.

Fri Jun 01, 2007 6:00 pm

Uncle Xyzzy wrote:Nifty.

I'd love to watch our galaxy collide with another; sure, I'd probably die, but it'd be fun to watch.

I read somewhere that, if we stayed somewhat in the same area of the galaxy as were are in now, we might survive it. At that point in time we'd probably have planetary force fields to protect us from all of the heat and radiation anyway.

Fri Jun 01, 2007 7:56 pm

Well, it's certainly a good thing that I'm not planning to be around for any of that...but I must say it's fascinating to see those kinds of predictions. I mean, we've all see recreations of the past on Earth in middle school science, but it's much more interesting to see what scientists predict will happen in the future...

Fri Jun 01, 2007 8:09 pm

Note to self: Reconsider immortality.

Fri Jun 01, 2007 8:35 pm

DiscordantNote wrote:
Uncle Xyzzy wrote:Nifty.

I'd love to watch our galaxy collide with another; sure, I'd probably die, but it'd be fun to watch.

I read somewhere that, if we stayed somewhat in the same area of the galaxy as were are in now, we might survive it. At that point in time we'd probably have planetary force fields to protect us from all of the heat and radiation anyway.

We have them now. Ish. Not on that scale but yeah, plasma shields to protect Astronauts from solar radiation are in full development.

Piece of trivia; The Andromeda galaxy is currently (IE; By our observation) Undergoing catastrophic neutron burst.
It's dead, devoid of anything but the most basic forms of life.

Sat Jun 02, 2007 2:48 am

I personally don't really think the human race is going to live that long to see it happen. We're nearing 7 billion people and I have the feeling we'll run out of resources before the sun explodes into us. Unless we decide to divide some of our population to live on the moon or Mars.

All in all, very nifty find.
*booming voice* SO NOW YOU KNOW...

Sat Jun 02, 2007 2:52 am

Zilary wrote:I personally don't really think the human race is going to live that long to see it happen. We're nearing 7 billion people and I have the feeling we'll run out of resources before the sun explodes into us. Unless we decide to divide some of our population to live on the moon or Mars.

All in all, very nifty find.
*booming voice* SO NOW YOU KNOW...

The moment we figure out higher dimensional travel and a form of an ansible, humanity will all but abandon Earth.

Why sit around waiting for our own planet to die when you can be busy polluting the rest of the universe?

Sat Jun 02, 2007 3:07 am

Uncle Xyzzy wrote:
Zilary wrote:I personally don't really think the human race is going to live that long to see it happen. We're nearing 7 billion people and I have the feeling we'll run out of resources before the sun explodes into us. Unless we decide to divide some of our population to live on the moon or Mars.

All in all, very nifty find.
*booming voice* SO NOW YOU KNOW...

The moment we figure out higher dimensional travel and a form of an ansible, humanity will all but abandon Earth.

Why sit around waiting for our own planet to die when you can be busy polluting the rest of the universe?

That. Thought. is. Phenomenal! Let's go pollute the rest of the galaxy

Sat Jun 02, 2007 3:54 am

Setekh wrote:Piece of trivia; The Andromeda galaxy is currently (IE; By our observation) Undergoing catastrophic neutron burst.
It's dead, devoid of anything but the most basic forms of life.

Really? How and why is that happening?

Sat Jun 02, 2007 5:12 am

Wow, who thought YTMND could have something so... educationally entertaining?