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Old 22-08-2011, 07:39 AM
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Low estimate ~ 10^12;
High estimate ~10^14 years:
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This marks the transition from the Stelliferous Era to the Degenerate Era; once star formation ends and the least massive red dwarfs exhaust their fuel, the only stellar-mass objects remaining are stellar remnants (white dwarfs, neutron stars and black holes.) Brown dwarfs also remain.
.. from 'Timeline of the future' in Wiki (follow the references given, for more info).

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