threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works to Astronomy@mander.xyzEnglish · 4 days agoDon’t panic, but an asteroid has a 1.9% chance of hitting Earth in 2032arstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square92fedilinkarrow-up1208arrow-down16cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1202arrow-down1external-linkDon’t panic, but an asteroid has a 1.9% chance of hitting Earth in 2032arstechnica.comthreelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works to Astronomy@mander.xyzEnglish · 4 days agomessage-square92fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squareDarkFuture@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up27arrow-down5·4 days agoPanic? I’m crossing my fingers for the wellbeing of the universe. We’re awful.
minus-squarefloquant@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up18·4 days agoWorry not, for we are insignificant to the universe.
minus-squareZetta@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down1·edit-23 days 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-up1arrow-down1·3 days 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.