[–] abenedic 8y ago ↗ It would be interesting to see the same post in 20 billion years if cosmic expansion continues. [–] GW150914 8y ago ↗ Metric expansion only has an effect on structures larger than galaxies, so there should be no difference in 20by as a result of it. Eventually if it continues distant galaxies will redshift to black, but the Milky Way itself won’t be torn apart. [–] [deleted] 8y ago ↗ (comment deleted) [–] mr_toad 8y ago ↗ Everything will have changed long before then: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andromeda–Milky_Way_collisio... [–] ur-whale 8y ago ↗ In 20B years, HN users would be seeing this in their mind's eye ! [–] redial 8y ago ↗ We'll be to busy preparing for the next big thing, in 20 billion years VR will be just a couple of years away.
[–] GW150914 8y ago ↗ Metric expansion only has an effect on structures larger than galaxies, so there should be no difference in 20by as a result of it. Eventually if it continues distant galaxies will redshift to black, but the Milky Way itself won’t be torn apart. [–] [deleted] 8y ago ↗ (comment deleted)
[–] mr_toad 8y ago ↗ Everything will have changed long before then: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andromeda–Milky_Way_collisio...
[–] redial 8y ago ↗ We'll be to busy preparing for the next big thing, in 20 billion years VR will be just a couple of years away.
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