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 ↗