Isn't it just half a billion years left?
So is that 500,000,000 (five hundred million) years or 500,000,000,000 (five hundred thousand million) years? I never can tell with a billion - maybe I'm just numerically inept - it's certainly possible.
"By their reckoning, Earth's "day in the sun" has reached 4:30 a.m., corresponding to its 4.5 billion-year age. By 5 a.m., the 1 billion-year reign of animals and plants will come to an end."
"The disappearance of our planet is still 7.5 billion years away, but people really should consider the fate of our world and have a realistic understanding of where we are going," said UW astrophysicist Donald Brownlee.
Eesh Chris! Just 7.5 billion years left!
I'll have to get the washing in.
Isn't it just half a billion years left?
So is that 500,000,000 (five hundred million) years or 500,000,000,000 (five hundred thousand million) years? I never can tell with a billion - maybe I'm just numerically inept - it's certainly possible.
Where'd you get half a billion from?
There's something grammatically suspect about that last query.
"By their reckoning, Earth's "day in the sun" has reached 4:30 a.m., corresponding to its 4.5 billion-year age. By 5 a.m., the 1 billion-year reign of animals and plants will come to an end."
You really should read these things you link to.
I've got you for that.
"The disappearance of our planet is still 7.5 billion years away, but people really should consider the fate of our world and have a realistic understanding of where we are going," said UW astrophysicist Donald Brownlee.
Am I still right?
You're both right, but talking about different things.
I still want to know why the day of the Earth's existence only has 12 hours...
Maybe the alarm clock didn't go off and Earth had been drinking heavily the night before.