>>2062580You want to know something real wild?
If the universe itself continues on the path it's currently gone on, it will keep expanding faster than it did before. Eventually, the expansion of the universe will become faster than the speed of light.
And unlike what you may think, the universe's expansion isn't just "the outer limits being expanded." The universe expands by generating, in some way that we don't fully understand, space between things.
At some point, billions or trillions of years from now, the universe will be expanding so fast, that the stars in the night sky will be unable to send light fast enough to outpace the distance generated between us and them. They won't be able to cross space anymore, as the distance grows between us faster and faster.
Our descendants, trillions of years from now, assuming we manage to keep the solar system alive and well by then, will have the Sun, the Moon and the planets kept together by our gravitational bond. But when they look up at night, the sky will be empty. The night sky will be a blank canvas, and the stars will be gone forever.
It's why I think we should cherish the stars while we have them. One day, it will be too late to see them ever again. So I'll appreciate every one of them while we can.
