Star Formation Ends

≈ 100 trillion years · Far Future

Temperature (K): 1e-05
When: ≈ 100 trillion years
Redshift: —
Era: Far Future
Seconds After Big Bang: 3.155693e+21

What Happened

The last gas is spent and the smallest red dwarfs — which burn for ten trillion years — finally go out. The stelliferous era closes; only degenerate remnants are left.

Researchers

Fred Adams Gregory Laughlin

Equations

Stefan–Boltzmann Law Chandrasekhar Limit

Theories

Stellar Nucleosynthesis

Referenced by

equation

Chandrasekhar Limit Stefan–Boltzmann Law

researcher

Fred Adams Gregory Laughlin

theory

Stellar Nucleosynthesis

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