I'm pulling information from an introductory astronomy class, but isn't the definition of what lot of time passing is, not agreed upon?
/The Five Ages of the Universe/ by Adams and Laughlin theorize that new stars won't stop forming until trillions (possibly hundreds of trillions) of years after the universe's inception. We're currently on years 14-15 billion. If their theories are true we'd be, arguably, one of the first instances of intelligent life in the universe.
Now, some astronomers theorize that the universe will end in 5 - 15 billion years, so that would change the timeline substantially.
/The Five Ages of the Universe/ by Adams and Laughlin theorize that new stars won't stop forming until trillions (possibly hundreds of trillions) of years after the universe's inception. We're currently on years 14-15 billion. If their theories are true we'd be, arguably, one of the first instances of intelligent life in the universe.
Now, some astronomers theorize that the universe will end in 5 - 15 billion years, so that would change the timeline substantially.