Destination Future

From now until eternity

Das Bild zeigt, wie die Kollision von Milchstraße und Andromedagalaxie in etwa vier Milliarden Jahren aussehen könnte: Die Milchstraße ist stark gekrümmt. Die Andromedagalaxie ist leicht verbogen und in die Länge gezogen (künstlerische Darstellung).
Collision of the Milky Way and Andromeda galaxy in about four billion years, artistic representation (Image: NASA, ESA, Z. Levay, and R. van der Marel (STScI ), T. Hallas, and A. Mellinger)

Our universe is vast and, relative to a human lifetime, unimaginably old. It is constantly changing. It came into being around 14 billion years ago – but that is only a short period of time compared to the future that still lies ahead. What will happen next?

We look into the distant future of the cosmos, about which science can actually make predictions – an astonishing and impressive achievement! Researchers around the world are investigating how our Earth, our sun, and the entire universe are evolving.

In a few million years, the landscapes, mountains, and oceans on Earth will change, and with them, life. In a few billion years, the sun will stop shining and the Milky Way will also undergo spectacular changes. But what happens over even longer periods of time? What will remain when all the stars have gone out? Will time itself cease to pass? And would that be something like “eternity”?

With impressive images and exciting findings from current research, we venture a breathtaking glimpse into the distant future and the unimaginable.

A co-production of fifteen German-speaking planetariums, produced at the LWL Planetarium Münster.
Music: Johannes Kraas


Length of show approx. 50 minutes
Show suited for children age 10


Trailer in German