February 25, 2008 | 8 comments
Fade to Black: The Night Sky of the Future [Slideshow]
The night sky on Earth (assuming it survives) will change dramatically as our Milky Way galaxy merges with its neighbors and distant galaxies recede beyond view.
By Lawrence M. Krauss and Robert J. Scherrer
![PROTO-EARTH: 4.5 billion years ago Fade to Black: The Night Sky of the Future [Slideshow] :: The night sky on Earth (assuming](/media/gallery/thumbs/52A1F834-FD5E-0493-FBBDE8D6A42F2DDE_1.jpg){kind=small}
![EARLY EARTH: 4 to 4.5 billion years ago Fade to Black: The Night Sky of the Future [Slideshow] :: The night sky on Earth (assuming](/media/gallery/thumbs/52A1F834-FD5E-0493-FBBDE8D6A42F2DDE_2.jpg){kind=small}
![EARLY EARTH: 3.5 to 4 billion years ago Fade to Black: The Night Sky of the Future [Slideshow] :: The night sky on Earth (assuming](/media/gallery/thumbs/52A1F834-FD5E-0493-FBBDE8D6A42F2DDE_3.jpg){kind=small}
![EARTH: 2008 Fade to Black: The Night Sky of the Future [Slideshow] :: The night sky on Earth (assuming](/media/gallery/thumbs/52A1F834-FD5E-0493-FBBDE8D6A42F2DDE_4.jpg){kind=small}
![EARTH: 600 million years in the future Fade to Black: The Night Sky of the Future [Slideshow] :: The night sky on Earth (assuming](/media/gallery/thumbs/52A1F834-FD5E-0493-FBBDE8D6A42F2DDE_5.jpg){kind=small}
![SCORCHED EARTH: 4.5 billion years in the future Fade to Black: The Night Sky of the Future [Slideshow] :: The night sky on Earth (assuming](/media/gallery/thumbs/52A1F834-FD5E-0493-FBBDE8D6A42F2DDE_6.jpg){kind=small}
![ANDROMEDA RISING: 5 billion years in the future Fade to Black: The Night Sky of the Future [Slideshow] :: The night sky on Earth (assuming](/media/gallery/thumbs/52A1F834-FD5E-0493-FBBDE8D6A42F2DDE_7.jpg){kind=small}
![LOCAL GROUP: 100 billion years in the future Fade to Black: The Night Sky of the Future [Slideshow] :: The night sky on Earth (assuming](/media/gallery/thumbs/52A1F834-FD5E-0493-FBBDE8D6A42F2DDE_8.jpg){kind=small}
![LIGHTS OUT: 100 trillion years in the future Fade to Black: The Night Sky of the Future [Slideshow] :: The night sky on Earth (assuming](/media/gallery/thumbs/52A1F834-FD5E-0493-FBBDE8D6A42F2DDE_9.jpg){kind=small}
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![PROTO-EARTH: 4.5 billion years ago Fade to Black: The Night Sky of the Future [Slideshow] :: The night sky on Earth (assuming](/media/gallery/52A1F834-FD5E-0493-FBBDE8D6A42F2DDE_1.jpg)
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PROTO-EARTH: 4.5 billion years agoThe sky above a still-forming proto-Earth is filled with the dust, rocks and gas that are shaping our solar system. A rising proto-sun illuminates the dust and rocks that gravity brings hurtling toward this new planet. The first comets, scattered by the gravity of the giant outer planets, appear in our sky.
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