threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works to Astronomy@mander.xyzEnglish · 1 year agoDon’t panic, but an asteroid has a 1.9% chance of hitting Earth in 2032arstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square90fedilinkarrow-up1206
arrow-up1206external-linkDon’t panic, but an asteroid has a 1.9% chance of hitting Earth in 2032arstechnica.comthreelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works to Astronomy@mander.xyzEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square90fedilink
minus-squareDarkFuture@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up27·1 year agoPanic? I’m crossing my fingers for the wellbeing of the universe. We’re awful.
minus-squarefloquant@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up18·1 year agoWorry not, for we are insignificant to the universe.
minus-squareZetta@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·edit-21 year agoForever, humanity could only ever conceivably expand so far due to the expansion of the universe, so as far as we know a still insignificant portion of the universe we could colonize.
minus-squareZacryon@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoUntil we make some scientific breakthrough which might solve that problem. If there is any possible of course. There is so much we still don’t know.
Panic?
I’m crossing my fingers for the wellbeing of the universe. We’re awful.
Worry not, for we are insignificant to the universe.
Right now.
Forever, humanity could only ever conceivably expand so far due to the expansion of the universe, so as far as we know a still insignificant portion of the universe we could colonize.
Until we make some scientific breakthrough which might solve that problem. If there is any possible of course. There is so much we still don’t know.