• Question: what do you think our galaxy would be like in 1000 years?

    Asked by awesomefishysayrawrr to Ed, Katie, Sam, Steve, Vera on 22 Jun 2011.
    • Photo: Steven Daly

      Steven Daly answered on 21 Jun 2011:

      1000 years is a very short space of time for a galaxy, it will look almost exactly the same as it does now. Because of the vast size of the galaxy, most things happen of millions of years.

    • Photo: Vera Weisbecker

      Vera Weisbecker answered on 21 Jun 2011:

      Steven is right. 1000 years are a tiny amout of time for galaxies. Just imagine how tiny the human life is compared to galactic timescales!

    • Photo: Sam Tazzyman

      Sam Tazzyman answered on 22 Jun 2011:

      The Earth is around 4.5 billion years old, so 1000 years (incredible as it seems) is a very short space of time!

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