When I look up, and see the night sky, I often observe the stars, I wonder, that at the rate this universe is expanding, will these stars really not be visible after say a 100 million years?
Now you would look at me and be like- “Huh? Sagnik, people look up at the night sky and wonder, ”Is that star up there my ancestor?” or maybe some thing on the lines of “Oh! Is that Orion’s Belt?” but never have we heard anyone saying, ”WiLl ThEsE sTaRs NoT bE vIsIbLe AfTeR A 1o0 MiLliOn YeArS?”” Well yeah, that is true, but I am Sagnik Ballabh, and it is my job to ask such seemingly stupid questions.
I often ask such questions because it is fun and science would not have existed if man had not asked such questions. Coming back to the topic I asked this question because the rate at which the universe id expanding there might be a time when our future generations will look up to sky and see n othjing but a vast emptiness. No matter how strong their telescopes will, they will still not be able to see the stars because by the time the light from the stars will reach their optical telescopes the intensity will be too weak to be considered to be anything other than background radiation.
This brings another question to mind, are we as a species living in the pinnacle of our times with respect to scientific discoveries?
Will a time come when all our discoveries and theories will be proven wrong only because they lack sufficient data?
These are some good questions which I implore you to ask yourself
See you in the next post
Sagnik Ballabh
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