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Thopterthallid t1_ixkjt69 wrote

Imagine living on a planet orbiting one of these stars. The night sky would be so black... We wouldn't even know about other galaxies or even other stars until so much later. Kinda a scary thought.

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wankerbot t1_ixkpy0b wrote

a preview of every location in the universe, when the only thing that remains is black holes

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IntergalacticSpirit t1_ixlaeje wrote

Which is just the short era before the Iron Star epoch, which will be the longest stellar era by far. Eclipsing even the relatively short by comparison Black Hole epoch in duration. Potentially lasting until the universe accidentally resets.

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