Valya’s Blog

What happens when the world, and everything, ends? I mean, everything as we know it. Scientists tell us the sun will be around for much, much longer… humans will be extinct by the time our star is extinguished. But that’s nothing compared to the time it will take for all stars’ light to burn out and for the universe to collapse back on itself. Well, I wonder what our planet will be like, what life on it will be like, when the light in the center of our solar system goes out. They always say there are plenty of generations still to come before that event happens. Will we as species be gone long before our planet sleeps in darkness and cold for the lack of sunlight beams? Or will we adapt to the dwindling sun and survive closer to its own demise? Will we leave Earth and establish colonies elsewhere? If so, what will “we” look like there, how will we change – physically, psychologically, spiritually? It’s odd because despite all of the science fiction our present lives are saturated with, I still have a hard time imagining the far future.