(September 8, 2020 at 3:00 pm)Lawz Wrote: It is my (puny, granted) understanding that the universe's rate of expansion is increasing, and so a "big crunch" and subsequent big bang 2(n, really) ain't on the cards.
It’s still on the table, but the table has a wonky leg. It has to do with how much dark matter/energy is in the universe, I think. But yeah, the generally accepted scenario is that our universe will simply fizzle out.
That being said, there’s plenty of people on the forum who know more physics than I do.
Boru
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