Once again we learn that we are lucky to be where we are. The universe is sufficiently young that we can learn some of its history.

That will not always be the case, though. Let’s hope that before humanity is wiped out, it has escaped this planet and that whatever commands the Earth when that has happened, has not lost the information we have now; let us hope, then, that the legacy of humanity is to teach those that follow, whatever they may be!

What am I on about? Well, did you miss the link above? Read about the future cosmologists on Scientific American.