The Five Ages of the Universe
by Greg Laughlin · first published 1999
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This is arguably bad advice if you're already sad, but in any case, coping for me is all about perspective. I read a book called The Five Ages of the Universe a few weeks ago. It's pretty fascinating to see a timeline of the entire universe like this and to realize that the Stelliferous Era, the only age in which stars will exist, is so short compared to everything…
on “Telling the Bees” ↗I'm pulling information from an introductory astronomy class, but isn't the definition of what lot of time passing is, not agreed upon? /The Five Ages of the Universe/ by Adams and Laughlin theorize that new stars won't stop forming until trillions (possibly hundreds of trillions) of years after the universe's inception. We're currently on years 14-15 billion. If their…
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