Have any galaxies actually faded into darkness before? Considering our galaxy is basically the same age as the universe I find it hard to believe any galaxy has just run out of energy and gone dark.
I suppose you could interpret it as the galaxy leaving the observable universe, but that doesn’t have the same meaning to me.
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lurch@sh.itjust.works · 16 pts · 1y
ArmoredThirteen@lemmy.ml · 4 pts · 1y
Is there a name for text like that and how do you do it?
OrganicMustard@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 1y
It's usually called glitch text. You can search generators on the web that do it using utf where you can combine characters.
lurch@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 1y
Magikjak@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 1y
Have any galaxies actually faded into darkness before? Considering our galaxy is basically the same age as the universe I find it hard to believe any galaxy has just run out of energy and gone dark.
I suppose you could interpret it as the galaxy leaving the observable universe, but that doesn’t have the same meaning to me.
Amicitas@lemmy.world · 19 pts · 1y
Yes absolutely. A galaxy is considered 'dead' after it can no longer generate new stars. Here are a couple of articles:
Death of giant galaxies spreads from the core: https://esahubble.org/news/heic1508/
A galaxy that suddenly stopped forming new stars more than 13 billion years ago has been observed by astronomers: https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/astronomers-spot-oldest-dead-galaxy-yet-observed
Kolanaki@yiffit.net · 8 pts · 1y
Especially if your dreams are of Cthulhu rising from the sea.
ekZepp@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
Agreed.
JayDee@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 1y
Pretty bold to think Cthulhu even notices us, let alone gives a shit that he drives us to madness