From: jimgoetz316@gmail.com   
      
   Lord Kelvin's prediction of heat death indicates the eventual end   
   to star formation in the observable universe.   
      
   Have any astrophysicists made any predictions for the endurance of   
   star formation in the observable universe?   
      
   Or does anybody here want to take a crack at predicting it?   
      
   [[Mod. note --   
   1. This is really an astronomy question rather than a general physics   
      question, so I have set the  Followup-To  header to point to our   
      sister newsgroup   sci.astro.research  .   
   2. As to answering your question:  Trying to understand/model the star   
      formation rate of the universe has been a major research area for   
      decades (e.g., try the search term "star formation history of the universe"   
      in google scholar or the ADS).  But most of this focuses on the *past*   
      star formation rate.  I'm sure there are studies trying to forecast   
      this into the future, but I don't have references handy.   
   -- jt]]   
      
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