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What is the ultimate fate of the universe?
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Expert Answer
Possibilities include heat death (gradual cooling and dissipation), the Big Crunch (eventual collapse), the Big Rip (accelerating expansion tears everything apart), or vacuum decay. Current data favors heat death, but this could change with new physics.
Key Insight
Possibilities include heat death (gradual cooling and dissipation), the Big Crunch (eventual collapse), the Big Rip (accelerating expansion tears everything apart), or vacuum decay.
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