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Events in the Far Future

Many far-future events can be very broadly predicted and calculated by scientific fields such as astrophysics, geology, and particle physics. Answer the following questions related to some of these events.
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Last updated: March 30, 2023
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Event Description
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1,100
Gamma Cephei will replace Polaris as this
North Star
10,000
The Svalbard Global Seed _____ is expected to last this long
Vault
15,000
This large desert will regain a tropical climate
Sahara Desert
24,110
This place in Eastern Europe will return to normal radiation levels
Chernobyl Exclusion Zone
50,000
This North American waterfall will completely erode and cease to exist
Niagara Falls
50,000
A day on Earth is expected to be one ______ longer than at present
Second
250,000
The newest island of this Pacific Ocean archipelago will have risen up
Hawaiian Islands
500,000
This national park in South Dakota will erode completely
Badlands National Park
1 million
This Egyptian landmark will erode into unrecognizablility
Great Pyramid of Giza
50 million
This planet will have experienced a collision with its moon Phobos
Mars
50 million
The African plate will collide with the Eurasian plate, and this sea will disappear
Mediterranean Sea
1 billion
The Golden Records above these spacecraft will be unplayable
Voyager spacecraft
600 million
The moon will move far enough from the Earth that these shadowy phenomenon will not be possible anymore
Solar Eclipses
5.4 billion
This near and dear star will exhaust its hydrogen supply and swell into a red giant
The Sun
7.5 billion
As their star expands, Earth and Mars could become tidally ______, with only one of their sides facing the star
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