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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