Will the world die eventually?

Question

Sorry for the morbid question lol. But it is a living, evolving thing isnt it? All things must die at some point.

If it will die has any scientist/philosopher estimated when that will be?

(PS this is not a theological question, so I am not expecting theological answers)

Answer 1

Yes, at the very least, it will be engulfed by the sun as it expands. I don't think it will survive that.

Answer 2

Yes, the world will eventually "die", though the world itself is not alive, only inhabited by certain lifeforms. But the fact that the Earth will cease to exist some time in the future is an almost absolute certainty.

In about 5 billion years from now, the Sun will become a red giant and the world will heat up to a similar situation that Mercury is in now, becoming a rocky wasteland, impossible to sustain life. Later, the Sun will cool into a white dwarf, making the Earth just a frozen rock. Eventually the Sun will loose mass and fail to keep the Earth a stable orbit.

However, in about 3.5 billion years, the Andromeda Galaxy will crash into the Milky Way Galaxy, and there is a chance that the solar system will be thrown from, or collide with another star system.

Answer 3

Yes Eden's Revenge, Everything dies. And in a way that's good because if it didn't, than there wouldn't be any change for the better. and the world would be a very crowded place. But when the world does die, it will be so far into the future that no one knows if human civilization will even be around to witness it. We are the only beings on the planet that have evolved in a way in which we can, and there are some that wish to, destroy other cultures of society. Basically, the only fear present to us at this time lies within humanity itself . Technology and human curiosity is taking us into the future at an alarming rate, and yet we are hobbled with our own superstitions and old world ideology. and at some point in time, they will all collide and we will have to re- think what we are really all about in order to continue on our quest to find out what is life REALLY all about. Happy Holidays.

Answer 4

The world might die eventually, many times over, but the cause of the world to be many more times still will remain for ever.

The one evidence of continuation of life after death that can be made deductively is that a living mind is able to contemplate death, so it is not something that is out of this world at the first place. And secondly, that the mind is able to conceptualize possibilities of life after death in various different ways. This is also quite obvious that there is stuff in the mind the matters of which cannot be resolved merely by means of physical knowledge, or by acquisition of material things, which also suggests that there is more to life than what meets the eye. This not a morbid question, in fact, this is out of one of the most vital concerns of human mind. Thoughts like these come to every conscientious peoples mind, and often have life enhancing and effects in terms of human moral, spirituality and value of life as we have.

In an attempt to answer your question, I would say that all things that start sometimes, end sometimes. This is the law, and this is the nature of all things physical. The universe and all the things it is a composite of began sometime in the past, in its beginning is the proof it its consequential end. Now the question is: If all the things in the universe are destined to come to an end one day, and the entire physical nature of the universe is completely in compliance with this principle, then why on earth human mind is never comfortable with the idea? We fear death as if it were alien to us. The fact in my view is that though all things physical, including humans, die but something does not; it does not end ever in time. There is something vital and essential in us that appear in human physical form, and death is alien to that.

Human life is the most fragile and uniquely existing entity in the universe. The planet Earth, for instance, is capable of full recovery even after it is completely devastated and ruined by human activity. New type of animals and plants may also evolve but it is very unique for a life form exactly like human being to come into existence. But this universe is place of huge possibilities where there is great likely hood that if life is destroyed here on the Earth a similar life might start to appear somewhere else in the universe - or may be there is already some intelligent homosapian in existence.

Answer 5

Wow, your questions keep getting better and better! xD

Well, Err. I did watch a documentry the other day, and it was about this same thing, how the world will end.

Um, Yeah.. Sun explodes in 50 billion years time.. Engulfs every planet in the universe with it.. Eternal Darkness with no life source. THE END! =D

Meh, thought it was great, i mean at least it doesnt end when we are alive.. Hm, thats pretty selfish I guess x]

Answer 6

Few British astronomers have said that there is a 'slim' chance that a newly discovered asteroid -- 2003 QQ47 -- may hit Earth on March 21, 2014.

Even if doesn't - all living life on earth will probably die after 5 billion years because the sun will stop radiating energy then.

Answer 7

Um. . . leaving out the ("theological") fact that I don't believe it will be around long enough, if time was to continue in the same way, even if the sun did not engulf it, everything is winding down and becoming less complex and organized, degenerating towards a slow heat death, where every piece of matter in the universe is the same low temperature. . .

Answer 8

The sun will eventually expand before exploding. When that happens the sun will completly destroy Mercury and Venus and reach the edge of earth. The heat would be so intense that everyone would die. Then when the sun explodes the earth would explode with it. Dont worry that is not expected until billions of years from now.

Answer 9

There are many theories on how the universe will end, the big crunch, the big rip, the big bounce, the big freeze or heat death, or even a multiverse with no complete end. But then there are the theories of comets hitting the earth and it being destroyed. Or maybe our galaxy will collide with another and we get yet another big bang of sorts. No matter what theory you pick they are all billions of years away, except for maybe the comet one.

Edit: How could I forget about the sun theory...lol

Answer 10

Of course. Who knows how many times the universe has imploded and expanded like the tide coming in and out.

There may have been millions of these tides in a duotrigintillion (10 to the 99th power) years. There may have been millions of species with cultures and histories on planets similar to this one.

The point is that it has nothing to do with life. Through all of these changes, life remains the same.

Your world ends when 'you' end.

Answer 11

There is a certain life expectancy for the planet yes. But so many theories to why. One is that we will eventually orbit into the sun, i think thats some 200,000,000 years from now or something. There is also the ice age cycle that will evnetually threated humanity. Either way the planet will outlive us all.