One of the biggest reasons for colonizing other worlds is to ensure we don't die with our own sun, but even those alien suns we might travel to will die one day. And yet, our image of stars living than erupting spectacular as a red giant or supernova, present a somewhat false impression, as those stellar remnants often last far longer than the stars which bore them. Could civilizations survive around these dead stars? Could they even outlast the End of the Universe, as the last stars fade away?

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Credits:

Civilizations at the End of Time: Dying Stars

Episode 178, Season 5 E12

Written by:

Isaac Arthur

Editors:

Andrew Norman

Darius Said

Evan Schultheis

Keith Blockus

Konstantin Sokerin

Matthew Acker

Stuart Graham https://beyondnerva.wordpress.com

Cover Art:

Jakub Grygier https://www.artstation.com/jakub_grygier

Graphics by:

Fishy Tree https://www.deviantart.com/fishytree/

Jarred Eagley

Jeremy Jozwik https://www.artstation.com/zeuxis_of_losdiajana

Ken York https://www.facebook.com/YDVisual/

Sergio Botero https://www.artstation.com/sboterod?fref=gc

Produced & Narrated by:

Isaac Arthur

Music:

Markus Junnikkala, "Always Tell Me the Odds" https://www.markusjunnikkala.com/

Lombus, "Hydrogen Sonata" https://lombus.bandcamp.com

A.J. Prasad of Dark Future, "Staring Through, pt1" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xA8-7qwaEPU

Aerium, "Fifth Star of Aldebaran" https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRnUJY3l5vIJFGsY3XvW4dQ

A.J. Prasad of Dark Future, "Cold Shadow" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xA8-7qwaEPU

Phase Shift, "Forest Night" https://www.last.fm/music/Phase+Shift/_/Enigmatic

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