Earth Has a Billion Years Left. This Plan Could Stretch It to 9 Quadrillion

io9 reports on new research describing engineered safeguards designed to protect Earth's habitability far into the future. The research suggests these measures could theoretically extend Earth's timeline from roughly one billion years to nine point one quadrillion years.

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