It seems like we live in a special moment given our current understanding. But the truth is that we don’t know for sure because we can’t confidently predict the future of dark energy. If it continues pulling the universe apart, then there won’t be time for galaxies and superclusters to pull together into more interesting structures. But if dark energy changes course, then gravity has a chance to pull things together and form new kinds of structures that we don’t even have names for yet! Check back in 5 billion years for an update.
