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Timeline of the Universe: Beyond 10,000 AD
10,000-15,000 AD - The hypernova of Eta Carinae is affecting our region of the galaxy
19,500 AD - Betelgeuse is colliding with a dusty wall
22,000 AD - The Chernobyl disaster site becomes fully safe
30,000 AD - The first wave of sub-light vessels has reached the galactic core
35,000 AD - Ross 248 becomes the closest star to our Sun
42,000 AD - Voyager 1 is passing near the red dwarf star, AC+79 3888
52,000 AD - The KEO time capsule re-enters the Earth’s atmosphere
100,000 AD - The red hypergiant star, VY Canis Majoris, has exploded by now, producing one of the largest supernovas the galaxy has ever seen
200,000 AD - Constellations visible from Earth have been rendered unrecognisable
298,000 AD - Voyager 2 is approaching Sirius
1,000,000 AD - Planet-sized computers are dominating the Local Group of galaxies; humanity’s descendants are a Type 3 civilisation on the Kardashev scale
1,400,000 AD - The Oort Cloud is being disrupted by the approach of Gliese 710
2,000,000 AD - Pioneer 10 is approaching the Aldebaran system
4,000,000 AD - Pioneer 11 is approaching the Lambda Aquilae system
6,800,000 AD - DNA from the 21st century has completely decayed
7,200,000 AD - Mount Rushmore has eroded away
7,600,000 AD - Phobos is ripped apart by Mars’ gravity
8,400,000 AD - LAGEOS-1 returns to Earth
10,000,000 AD - Earth is being threatened by lethal levels of gamma radiation | Triton’s decaying orbit has led to it breaking up around Neptune, forming a new ring system
27,000,000 AD - Smith’s Cloud is colliding and merging with our Milky Way galaxy
30,000,000 - 40,000,000 AD - At some point during this period, an asteroid 10-20 km in size comes on a direct collision course with Earth
50,000,000 AD - Africa merges with Europe, forming a new mountain range to rival the Himalayas
100,000,000 AD - The Milky Way galaxy has stabilised from an earlier collision
150,000,000 AD - The Atlantic Ocean begins to close
225,000,000 AD - Sol completes one galactic year
250,000,000 AD - A supercontinent is forming on Earth
600,000,000 AD - Total solar eclipses are no longer possible on Earth
750,000,000 AD - The Sagittarius dwarf galaxy has been absorbed into the larger Milky Way
1,000,000,000 AD - Earth is becoming too hot to support liquid water
3,800,000,000 AD - The Andromeda Galaxy has begun to collide and merge with our own Milky Way galaxy
5,000,000,000 AD - Sol is a red giant
12,000,000,000 AD - Sol is shrinking to become a black dwarf
100,000,000,000 AD - The Virgo Supercluster is converging into a single galaxy
1,000,000,000,000 AD - Star formation is declining in many galaxies
2,000,000,000,000 AD - Galaxies beyond the Local Supercluster are no longer visible
20,000,000,000,000 AD - Red dwarf stars are dying
100,000,000,000,000 AD - The end of the stellar era
10,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 AD - The degenerate era of the universe
10,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 AD - The black hole era of the universe
Beyond 10100 - The dark era of the universe
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