@Pepijn Sweep,
Theyve been watching ANdromeda for about 100 years now and it, and the Milnky Way's arc of movement hs been fed into severl models , all of which agree, were fucked.
OH yeh, as for stars, theyve fotographed numerous stars in different stages of being and, mostly by spectra and age, theyve concluded the remaining "life span" of our home star.
I gonna buy lotsa really nifty cars on extended time payments.