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Our universe · Era transition

The end of a stellar era

The gas reserves will run out, and the last long-lived stars will die out.

What this means

The limit of about 10¹⁴ years is an order of magnitude. Rare collisions of brown dwarfs can still briefly ignite new stars.

PRIMARY SOURCE

A Dying Universe: The Long-Term Fate and Evolution of Astrophysical ObjectsReviews of Modern Physics