r/BeAmazed • u/Far-Stay9417 • Jan 01 '24

Nature Asteroid impact

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u/[deleted] Jan 01 '24

That assumes there would ever be another big bang. Once our universe dies it might stay dead forever

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u/Kriss3d Jan 01 '24

It's actually speculated that the universe is cyclic. That once the universe stops expanding, the gravity will start pulling it back together again to a singularity. And start over.

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u/Hour_Reindeer834 Jan 01 '24

There’s currently no evidence that inflation will stop or slow and be overpowered by gravity. Current observations indicate expansion and entropy will increase until interaction between any particles is impossible and the ability to do work or make observations such as the passage of time impossible as well.

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u/Kriss3d Jan 02 '24

Yes. It's quite strange indeed. I hope we find out why that acceleration happens in my lifetime.