Talk:Graphical timeline from Big Bang to Heat Death

Double logarithmic scale

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• Order of magnitude#Extremely large numbers
• Talk:Order of magnitude#Double logarithmic scale

Najro 22:19, 9 October 2006 (UTC)

Misspelling

Someone spelled "galaxies" wrong...currently, it reads "galaxys." This is incorrect. Unfortunately, I couldn't find it in the edit box. Would somebody mind fixing this?

Appears to be fixed OK as of Apr 2011. Gierszep (talk) 01:22, 16 April 2011 (UTC)

made-up words

milliard is not a word, stop making it up

a milliard is a thousand million. You need a word like that in places where a billion is a million million. We don't do that in America, so we've never heard the word "milliard." You need to travel more. Co149 (talk) 21:56, 14 September 2009 (UTC)

add the Andromeda galaxy impact with the Milky Way

In about 2 to 2.5 Billion years the Andromeda Galaxy is going to turn the Milky Way into a scrambled egg and us with it. Some thing my school science teachers never mentioned. Probably didn't want to scare us kids. Problem is us adults don't seem to recognize it either. All those grand estimates of what a great long time our sun is gonna last won't matter much if the whole galaxy is scattered. Who knows maybe it'll throw us free of the black hole in the middle. If the one in the middle of Andromeda doesn't get us. Here's a link to the Andromeda Wiki that's just one of the sources for this information. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andromeda_Galaxy —Preceding unsigned comment added by Worthruss (talk • contribs) 23:37, 25 May 2008 (UTC)

Cannot squeeze it in here, too little space. Instead look at this zoomed in timeline: Graphical timeline of our universe. Najro (talk) 18:44, 27 June 2008 (UTC)

Or this: Graphical timeline of the Stelliferous Era. Najro (talk) 19:13, 27 June 2008 (UTC)

The main article on the merger states that "Such an event would have no adverse effect on the [solar] system and the chances of any sort of disturbance to the Sun or planets themselves may be remote." Also, it happens in 4 billion years, rather than 2 to 2.5 billion years. 68.100.254.108 (talk) 02:47, 24 May 2014 (UTC)

The First Star

It is listed that the first star formed 100 million years after the Big Bang. I have a source from Space.com that says the first star formed 155 million years after the Big Bang, can we use this source.

http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/first_star_011115.html Maldek (talk) 03:00, 20 June 2008 (UTC)

See comment at Talk:Graphical timeline of the Stelliferous Era#First Star. Najro (talk) 18:46, 27 June 2008 (UTC)

Exponents

I see that the article uses 'E' for exponent, for example 10E1000 for the ultimate date. The E format appears in a large number of programming languages, but in all of these languages, "10E1000" means "ten times ten to the one thousandth power", i.e. 10^1001. Options:

• change to 1E1000
• change to 10^1000
• use superscripts, 10¹⁰⁰⁰

Preferences? Co149 (talk) 21:56, 14 September 2009 (UTC)

Changed to 1E1000 Gierszep (talk) 01:22, 16 April 2011 (UTC)

Protons decay?

At the end of the Degenerate Era it says "Protons decay", resulting in evaporation of ordinary matter. I thought that decay of the proton has not been experimentally observed yet. Where does this estimate of the proton lifetime come from? --Chetvorno^TALK 23:02, 18 April 2012 (UTC)

Why do we use Julian year here?

It's inaccurate, and the Gregorian year is a bit more accurate. 80.98.179.160 (talk) 14:49, 22 December 2017 (UTC)

Assumed Proton Decay

This has been an issue I’ve noticed in several physics articles and is often discussed in the talk section. Despite proton decay has never been observed, the way it’s worded and used on the main graphic implies that it *will* happen. The article should be modified so it clearly states that proton decay is purely theoretical or removed from the article entirely. The source of the quoted lifetime of a proton is unclear; I’d suggest it be updated to fit the current bound limits , based on the latest experimental data. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 103.106.91.140 (talk) 12:51, 12 October 2020 (UTC)

Merge proposal

The Graphical timeline of the universe heavily overlaps, although it has something of a solar-system bias. Problems with the content have been identified over several years (see Talk:Graphical timeline of the universe), and perhaps consolidating the material in one place will help to improve the content more efficiently and avoid overlap. Klbrain (talk) 07:42, 24 February 2024 (UTC)