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Future of the night sky. Artwork.

by

Don Dixon/Novapix

Reference

a-vlc99-91000

Date

2008-07-15

The night sky seen from Earth today (left), then seen in 5 billion years (sun has become a red giant star, water on earth is evaporated Andromeda galaxy is colliding Milky way). Third panel is 100 billion years later, there is only one giant galaxy in our sky. Last panel is 100 trillion years in the future, universe goes black, last stars burn out.