Our Solar System is going to end!

darkman2

http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/space/stars/death/


In around about 4 billion years. What are we going to do? We can't have a big Sun filling the sky surely. Perhaps we should tow the planet to another galaxy far far away at some stage in the not too distant future just to be sure?


Im relying on the fact some of you may care when the life longevity drugs are invented and people can't die...muhahaha


But anyway we need to start planning now for this eventuality.

RoadKillTs

Phew! Still time for a fap.

allanb49

Doubt i'll be around for it,

Terry

9th Chevron?

funk-you

Dude, I know you like the hyper negativity stuff but 4 billion years? Relax, have some cake or something.

-Funk

amacachi

Sure we're all going to die in 2012 anyway.

bonerm

I've always found stellar photography fascinating. Here's an image of a White Dwarf.

The Floyd p

Forget the sun going blamo!
We should be more focused on this

AnonoBoy

My Galaxy ended right after lunch, with my second cup of tea.

Hmmm..... chocolate.

bonerm

The Floyd p wrote: »

Forget the sun going blamo!
We should be more focused on this

Can she accurately predict football results?

starbelgrade

That's gonna play havoc with property prices.

Ickle Magoo

The sun collapsing isn't the end of the galaxy, it's the death of a star. The flares and solar radiation given off by the expanding sun will destroy all life on earth long before the sun consumes us anyway....cheery thought. On the plus side estimates range from 4 - 7.5 billion years to formulate an escape plan. :pac:

biko

4 billion years is how old the planet is, so we're about halfway.
Hope we go out with a bang.

stopusingoil

You think we'll still be living on this planet in 4 billion years? Sure civilization as we know it is in the process of complete collapse, population levels are out of control and the planets life support systems are being pushed over the edge. I'm more worried about what will happen in the next 40 years, never mind 4 billion!

kylith

Not galaxy; solar system.

Of course, the galaxy is being eaten by a black hole, so that's on its way out soon (relatively speaking)

Lmao_Man

Have never liked galaxy bars tbh.

Anthony Walsh

I can't wait, no more listening to Superman that prick can fúck off to another planet with a red sun and if he doesn't leave before it I think he will be in for an áss kick from The Batman

The sun is just one of something like 200 billion stars in our galaxy. Our Galaxy will end when we get eaten by the Andromeda Galaxy in a few years.

WalterMitty

I have a pain in me black hole with the doommongers on here.

Greyfox

Eh we have almost 4 billion years to work that one out and in that time people will have at least a million million things worry about first. I think you should turn your computer off for the day and have yourself some tea and jaffa cakes

I reckon due to pollution etc their won't be any human beings left on earth anyway so we won't notice it

Sanjuro

Ickle Magoo wrote: »

On the plus side estimates range from 4 - 7.5 billion years to formulate an escape plan. :pac:

Knowing the human race, we'll still fuck it up.

monkeyfudge

darkman2 wrote: »

http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/space/stars/death/


In around about 4 billion years. What are we going to do? We can't have a big Sun filling the sky surely. Perhaps we should tow the planet to another galaxy far far away at some stage in the not too distant future just to be sure?


Im relying on the fact some of you may care when the life longevity drugs are invented and people can't die...muhahaha


But anyway we need to start planning now for this eventuality.

I don't think you know what a galaxy is.

ejmaztec

WalterMitty wrote: »

I have a pain in me black hole with the doommongers on here.

Do you work for BP?

GavRedKing

Ah it was good while it lasted I suppose.

monkeyfudge

Better to be concerned about more immediate problems.

If we get a solar storm similar to the one that happened in the 1850s then every electrical system on the planet would be fried. Not easy to replace and repair either when we've no power to do it.

We don't have much of a warning system for this either. At best we might know 15 minutes beforehand, but even that's not enough time to turn off the power plants to keep them safe.

Wazdakka

<Insert relevant pun pertaining to picture here>

AAAAAAAHHH

kylith wrote: »

Not galaxy; solar system.

Of course, the galaxy is being eaten by a black hole, so that's on its way out soon (relatively speaking)

That's not true, the gravity of a black hole is the same as (actually slightly less than) the gravity of the star that it was, when you're a sufficient distance from it.

dlofnep

Galaxy = Billions of stars in a collective space.

Solar System = Collection of planets & other shíte surrounding a star.

So no.

But our Galaxy is going to collide with Andromeda in 4.5 billion years.

So yes, kinda.

Sykk

We're also on a collision course with our nearest Spiral Galaxy, Andromeda. And at the same time there's always North Korea.

No matter what way you look at it we're fúcked!

monkeyfudge

dlofnep wrote: »

Solar System = Collection of planets & other shíte surrounding a star.
.

That's a star system. Solar system only really pertains to our own star system.

Kasabian

Won't bother me I will be in Heaven when it happens. Should be a busy day at the old pearly gates .