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into existence and had a finite density consistent with quantum mechanics, before evolving in a manner governed by classical physics. Also, if the universe is closed, this theory would predict that once this universe collapses it will spawn another universe in an event similar to the Big Bang after a
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hypothesis is a symmetric view of the ultimate fate of the universe. Just as the theorized Big Bang started as a cosmological expansion, this theory assumes that the average density of the universe will be enough to stop its expansion and the universe will begin contracting. The result is unknown; a
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The heat death scenario is compatible with any of the three spatial models, but it requires that the universe reaches an eventual temperature minimum. Without dark energy, it could occur only under a flat or hyperbolic geometry. With a positive cosmological constant, it could also occur in a closed
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The fate of the universe may be determined by its density. The preponderance of evidence to date, based on measurements of the rate of expansion and the mass density, favors a universe that will continue to expand indefinitely, resulting in the "Big Freeze" scenario below. However, observations are
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In the absence of dark energy, a flat universe expands forever but at a continually decelerating rate, with expansion asymptotically approaching zero. With dark energy, the expansion rate of the universe initially slows, due to the effects of gravity, but eventually increases, and the ultimate fate
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is true, the universe went through an episode dominated by a different form of dark energy in the first moments of the Big Bang, but inflation ended, indicating an equation of state more complex than those assumed for present-day dark energy. It is possible that the dark energy equation of state
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defines a rate of acceleration of the universe not large enough to destroy local structures like galaxies, which are held together by gravity, but large enough to increase the space between them. A steady increase in the Hubble constant to infinity would result in all material objects in the
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could change again, resulting in an event that would have consequences which are difficult to predict or parameterize. As the nature of dark energy and dark matter remain enigmatic, even hypothetical, the possibilities surrounding their coming role in the universe are unknown.
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Even without dark energy, a negatively curved universe expands forever, with gravity negligibly slowing the rate of expansion. With dark energy, the expansion not only continues but accelerates. The ultimate fate of an open universe with dark energy is either universal
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is a theorized scientific model related to the beginning of the known universe. It derives from the oscillatory universe or cyclic repetition interpretation of the Big Bang where the first cosmological event was the result of the collapse of a previous universe.
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while the Big Slurp itself cannot expand faster than the speed of light. To place this in context, the size of the observable universe is currently about 46 billion light years in all directions from earth. The universe is thought to be that size or larger.
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radiation, a fact that is a straightforward prediction of the Big Bang theory, and one that the original Steady State theory could not account for. As a result, the Big Bang theory quickly became the most widely held view of the origin of the universe.
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According to one version of the Big Bang theory of cosmology, in the beginning the universe was infinitely dense. Such a description seems to be at odds with other more widely accepted theories, especially quantum mechanics and its
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In a closed universe, gravity eventually stops the expansion of the universe, after which it starts to contract until all matter in the universe collapses to a point, a final singularity termed the "
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However, only a portion of the universe would be destroyed by the Big Slurp while most of the universe would still be unaffected because galaxies located further than 4,200 megaparsecs (13 billion
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Factors that need to be considered in determining the universe's origin and ultimate fate include the average motions of galaxies, the shape and structure of the universe, and the amount of
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in which the universe continually expanded but remained statistically unchanged as new matter is constantly created. These two theories were active contenders until the 1965 discovery, by
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to be described and evaluated. Based on available observational evidence, deciding the fate and evolution of the universe has become a valid cosmological question, being beyond the mostly
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equations could easily be solved in such a way as to allow the universe to be expanding at the present and contracting in the far future, he added to those equations what he called a
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There are also some possible events, such as the Big Slurp, which would seriously harm the universe, although the universe as a whole would not be completely destroyed as a result.
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Each possibility described so far is based on a simple form for the dark energy equation of state. However, as the name is meant to imply, little is now known about the physics of
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popular for much of the 20th century, there is a particular fate corresponding to each geometry. Hence cosmologists aimed to determine the fate of the universe by measuring
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after the Big Bang, that the expansion rate of the universe has probably been increasing, commensurate with the Open Universe theory. However, measurements made by the
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ever since. Confirmation of the Big Bang mostly depends on knowing the rate of expansion, average density of matter, and the physical properties of the
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The heat death of the universe, also known as the Big Freeze (or Big Chill), is a scenario under which continued expansion results in a universe that
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This scenario allows the Big Bang to occur immediately after the Big Crunch of a preceding universe. If this happens repeatedly, it creates a
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will be exhausted. As existing stars run out of fuel and cease to shine, the universe will slowly and inexorably grow darker. Eventually
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In simple terms, this theory states that the universe will continuously repeat the cycle of a Big Bang, followed by with a Big Crunch.
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The current scientific consensus of most cosmologists is that the ultimate fate of the universe depends on its overall shape, how much
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universe, starting with galaxies and eventually (in a finite time) all forms, no matter how small, disintegrating into unbound
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Choosing among these rival scenarios is done by 'weighing' the universe, for example, measuring the relative contributions of
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This theory posits that the universe currently exists in a false vacuum and that it could become a true vacuum at any moment.
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back into how the universe started with the Big Bang, but at these scales unknown quantum effects need to be considered (see
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which determines how the dark energy density responds to the expansion of the universe. Recent observations conclude, from
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during the 1930s–1950s found that galaxies appeared to be moving away from each other, leading to the currently accepted
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are expected to form normally for 10 to 10 (1–100 trillion) years, but eventually the supply of gas needed for
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set out a theory that has since come to be called the Big Bang theory of the origin of the universe. In 1948,
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simple estimation would have all the matter and spacetime in the universe collapse into a dimensionless
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The theoretical scientific exploration of the ultimate fate of the universe became possible with
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temperature. Under this scenario, the universe eventually reaches a state of maximum
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universal singularity is reached or a repulsive quantum force causes re-expansion.
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will dominate the universe, which themselves will disappear over time as they emit
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If the average density of the universe exactly equals the critical density so that
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stars in distant galaxies, that the universe was expanding. From then on, the
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The ultimate fate of an expanding universe depends on the matter density
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could have different values, severely affecting the foundations of
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in which everything is evenly distributed and there are no energy
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have been the subjects of serious scientific investigation.
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not conclusive, and alternative models are still possible.
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in 1927. In some of these solutions, the universe has been
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that dilutes entropy accumulated in the previous cycle.
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Barrow 2269: 2264: 2259: 2254: 2249: 2244: 2239: 2234: 2228: 2226: 2223: 2186: 2183: 2178:speed of light 2122:Main article: 2119: 2116: 2111: 2108: 2094: 2091: 2062:Main article: 2059: 2056: 1998: 1997: 1956: 1954: 1947: 1938:Main article: 1935: 1932: 1910: 1909: 1860: 1858: 1851: 1842:Main article: 1839: 1836: 1804:star formation 1777:asymptotically 1762: 1759: 1753: 1750: 1725: 1722: 1719: 1707: 1704: 1652: 1649: 1646: 1634: 1631: 1618: 1615: 1612: 1588: 1585: 1582: 1547: 1544: 1541: 1529: 1526: 1492: 1488: 1465: 1461: 1438: 1435: 1394: 1391: 1378: 1338: 1318: 1294: 1278: 1275: 1258: 1255: 1225: 1222: 1201: 1198: 1163: 1160: 1148: 1145: 1130:parallel lines 1066:is a topic in 1058: 1057: 1055: 1054: 1047: 1040: 1032: 1029: 1028: 1027: 1026: 1021: 1016: 1011: 1006: 1001: 996: 991: 989:Design fiction 986: 978: 977: 966: 965: 964: 963: 961:Trend analysis 958: 953: 948: 943: 938: 933: 928: 923: 918: 913: 912: 911: 901: 896: 891: 886: 881: 873: 872: 866: 865: 864: 863: 858: 853: 848: 843: 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5811: 5808: 5807: 5800: 5798: 5797: 5792: 5786: 5785: 5782: 5776: 5773: 5771: 5770:Social crisis 5768: 5766: 5763: 5761: 5758: 5756: 5753: 5751: 5748: 5746: 5743: 5741: 5738: 5736: 5733: 5731: 5728: 5726: 5723: 5722: 5720: 5716: 5710: 5707: 5705: 5702: 5700: 5697: 5695: 5692: 5691: 5689: 5687:Organizations 5685: 5677: 5674: 5673: 5672: 5669: 5667: 5664: 5660: 5657: 5656: 5655: 5652: 5650: 5647: 5643: 5640: 5638: 5635: 5634: 5633: 5630: 5628: 5625: 5624: 5622: 5618: 5612: 5611:World to come 5609: 5607: 5604: 5600: 5597: 5595: 5592: 5591: 5590: 5587: 5585: 5582: 5580: 5577: 5573: 5570: 5568: 5565: 5563: 5560: 5559: 5558: 5557:Millennialism 5555: 5553: 5550: 5546: 5545:Messianic Age 5543: 5542: 5541: 5538: 5536: 5533: 5531: 5530:Gog and Magog 5528: 5526: 5523: 5521: 5520:Earth Changes 5518: 5516: 5513: 5511: 5508: 5506: 5503: 5501: 5498: 5496: 5493: 5491: 5488: 5486: 5483: 5482: 5480: 5476: 5468: 5465: 5464: 5463: 5460: 5458: 5455: 5449: 5446: 5444: 5441: 5439: 5436: 5435: 5434: 5431: 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B 3536: 3532: 3528: 3524: 3520: 3516: 3512: 3507: 3506: 3503: 3499: 3495: 3491: 3487: 3483: 3475: 3472: 3467: 3463: 3459: 3455: 3452:(6): 76, 85. 3451: 3447: 3443: 3436: 3434: 3430: 3425: 3421: 3417: 3413: 3409: 3405: 3400: 3395: 3391: 3387: 3380: 3377: 3372: 3368: 3364: 3360: 3355: 3350: 3346: 3342: 3337: 3332: 3328: 3324: 3317: 3314: 3308: 3303: 3296: 3293: 3288: 3284: 3280: 3276: 3272: 3268: 3263: 3258: 3254: 3250: 3243: 3240: 3235: 3231: 3227: 3223: 3219: 3215: 3210: 3205: 3201: 3197: 3190: 3187: 3182: 3178: 3174: 3170: 3166: 3162: 3157: 3152: 3148: 3144: 3137: 3134: 3129: 3125: 3121: 3117: 3113: 3109: 3104: 3099: 3095: 3091: 3084: 3082: 3078: 3073: 3069: 3065: 3061: 3057: 3053: 3049: 3045: 3038: 3035: 3030: 3026: 3022: 3018: 3014: 3010: 3005: 3000: 2996: 2992: 2985: 2982: 2971: 2967: 2961: 2958: 2953: 2949: 2945: 2941: 2937: 2933: 2929: 2925: 2920: 2915: 2912:(7): 071301. 2911: 2907: 2900: 2897: 2892: 2888: 2884: 2880: 2876: 2872: 2867: 2862: 2858: 2854: 2847: 2844: 2839: 2835: 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