The End Is Nigh

. . . if your definition of nigh is 7.59 billion years .

One of the scientists responsible for calculating the end-time figures was asked to comment further:

Dr. Smith called the new result “a touch depressing” in a series of e-mail messages. But “looked at another way,” he added, “it is an incentive to do something about finding ways to leave our planet and colonize other areas in the galaxy.”

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