The end is near... well, in 7.6 billion years


Science | 206746 hits | Feb 22 9:13 am | Posted by: Hyack
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The big news: Earth is doomed to fry and then be gobbled up by the dying Sun. But don't blow your savings on an Apocalypse Party just yet, for astronomers say the planet's demise is 7.6 billion years away.

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  1. by avatar kenmore
    Fri Feb 22, 2008 1:59 am
    Quick someone call the jehovah witnesses..

  2. by Thanos
    Fri Feb 22, 2008 10:13 pm
    Obviously this is all gong to be Stephen Harper's fault.

  3. by Anonymous
    Fri Feb 22, 2008 10:21 pm
    We better add on some carbon taxes..maybe we still have a chance :cry:

  4. by avatar hurley_108
    Fri Feb 22, 2008 10:26 pm
    Jokulhlaups!

  5. by Thanos
    Fri Feb 22, 2008 10:30 pm
    Anyone who disagrees should be thrown in prison for crimes against the future.

  6. by avatar Ripcat
    Fri Feb 22, 2008 11:23 pm
    "Thanos" said
    Obviously this is all gong to be Stephen Harper's fault.

    Really? I thought it would be the Liberals fault and Harper would scream bloody murder while supressing all info related to this event with the odd press release stating that the government is working on it.

  7. by avatar fire_i
    Fri Feb 22, 2008 11:32 pm
    7.6? I thought it would only take 5 billion years.

    What! The horror! I've been misled!

    Well, guess we better just enjoy the extra 2.6 million years. ;)

    Unless we get hit by that meteor that has a 1-in-50 chance of hitting the Earth around 2800. Or if those guys who say Earth will be nearly destroyed by a recurring phenemenom in 700 million years are right... whatever the phenomenom is. I just don't remember. Does it really matter?

  8. by avatar BartSimpson Gold Member
    Sat Feb 23, 2008 12:47 am
    With several billion years of science and research and human accomplishment yet to come I imagine we'll find a way to either refuel the sun for a few more billion years or we'll find a way to move the entire earth to a safer solar system.

    It might be easier to just move the planet.

  9. by sasquatch2
    Sat Feb 23, 2008 1:17 am
    BartSimpson

    With several billion years of science and research and human accomplishment yet to come I imagine we'll find a way to.......

    not that long....
    A billion years from now, as the Sun slowly expands, the oceans will evaporate, filling the atmosphere with water vapour (a potent greenhouse gas) and triggering runaway global warming.

    But a billion years of technology development at the pace of the last two centuries should provide many options.......

  10. by avatar ShepherdsDog
    Sat Feb 23, 2008 1:21 am
    damn....do I have enough time to get all my shit in order. God knows it'll take that long to get my cable disconnected and receive the final bill.

  11. by avatar Tricks
    Sat Feb 23, 2008 1:25 am
    Don't worry, the story of the "Terminator" movies will come true long before then. :lol:

  12. by taipei
    Sat Feb 23, 2008 3:29 am
    It's all the American's fault! If they hadn't landed on the moon then we wouldn't have to worry about the end of the world.

    Besides, I have it on good authority the world is actually going to end on December 21, 2012.

    Just before Christmas, too. So, I won't have to buy presents that year...I'll save a bundle....

    Maybe with the money I save I'll be able to go on a trip....

  13. by Anonymous
    Sat Feb 23, 2008 3:35 am
    "taipei" said
    It's all the American's fault! If they hadn't landed on the moon then we wouldn't have to worry about the end of the world.

    Besides, I have it on good authority the world is actually going to end on December 21, 2012.

    Just before Christmas, too. So, I won't have to buy presents that year...I'll save a bundle....

    Maybe with the money I save I'll be able to go on a trip....



    will that be at 10:00 AM ....and 10:30 Newfoundland :lol:

  14. by avatar kenmore
    Sat Feb 23, 2008 3:38 am
    Its all because Stevie Harper nixed Kyoto... go figure... :)



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