The stars are beginning to go out

The Universe has already started to wind down. I don't know why I find that depressing. I mean, it's the least of my worries. 

Thanks to David for this downer:

The universe is apparently well past its prime in terms of making stars, and
what new ones are being made now across the cosmos will never amount to more
than a few percent on top of the numbers already come and gone.

This is the rather disquieting conclusion of a new and significant study of
the rate at which stars have been produced through cosmic time.

Full story here:

http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/life-unbounded/2012/11/19/the-stars-are-beginning-to-go-out/