9 April 2015

1 googol AD

Today, the average density of matter in the visible Universe is a few hydrogen atoms per cubic metre; by 1 googol AD, that figure will have fallen to one electron or positron in a volume far, far bigger than today’s visible Universe.
via Michael Hanlon


Image: Abel 39 by Adam Block/Mount Lemmon SkyCenter/University of Arizona via wikimedia

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