The Future of the Universe

Raman Prinja (Author) Multi-award-winning author, Professor Raman Prinja, is Head of Department for Astronomy at University College London. He is dedicated to the belief that it is hugely important to promote awareness of astronomy and physics to as wide an audience as possible, and especially to motivate and inspire the next generation of Universe explorers. As part of Professor Prinja's outreach, he has written several books on astronomy to share the excitement of the Universe with laypersons, parents, teachers and, above all, young people. Jan Bielecki (Illustrator) Jan Bielecki is a Polish-Swedish illustrator and designer living in London. He mainly works with children's books and has illustrated fiction, picture books and non-fiction. Some of the topics he has covered include the human anatomy, wrestling trolls, the scope of the universe and slimy monsters.

1: Foreword
2: Cosmic Timelines
3: A Great Journey into the Future
4: Jump to years 2061 & 4385 – Return of the Great Comets
5: +13,000 years – Earth's Wobble
6: +100,00 years – New Constellations in the Sky
7: +1 million years – The Explosion of Betelgeuse
8: +1.3 million years – A Bump with the Solar System
9: +50 million years – Mars Gets a Ring
10: +600 million years – The End of Solar Eclipses
11: +4.5 billion years – The Great Andromeda Collision
12: +5 billion years – A Red Giant Sun
13: +8 billion years – The Death of the Sun
14: +100 billion years – Gathering of Galaxies
15: +3 trillion years – Disappearing Universe
16: +10 trillion years – Last Stars Standing
17: +1 nonillion years – The Final Act of the Universe
18: Glossary
19: Further Information
20: Index