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Only 10-20 Billion Years To Go

Posted by timothy on from the overdue-books dept.

cinorhc writes "An article at Space Flight Now reports on a study of some Stanford researchers that say the universe will collapse in on itself in a mere 10-20 billion years, resulting in "the Big Crunch". That puts us in the middle of the uni's life cycle. The generally accepted theory as of now is the universe will expand forever, leaving isolated galaxies all alone in a nearly infinite sea of darkness. If these guys are right, we should see galaxies blue shift any day now. I personally prefer a universe that will collapse in on itself and then re-Big Bang so to speak, circle of life on a grand scale."

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  1. If we are around in that time... by jpt.d · · Score: 3, Funny

    I should hope we have the technology to escape any problem that might cause us. Then we can come back in another billion and mess around with the younger races :-)

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    1. Re:If we are around in that time... by foobar104 · · Score: 3, Funny

      Does anyone know the event horizon for a big bang?

      Zero. Well, infinity. Okay, both.

  2. So does this mean... by SpaceLifeForm · · Score: 4, Funny

    that eventually all computers will only need 640K of ram?

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  3. Oh my God! Only 10 million years? by fm6 · · Score: 3, Funny
    What's the point of anything if the universe is going to end so soon?

    Oh wait! You said 10 billion years! Never mind!

  4. right... by tps12 · · Score: 3, Funny

    We can't predict the weather tomorrow afternoon, but we know what's going to happen in 20 billion years. Tell me another one.

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  5. The Universe by extrasolar · · Score: 3, Funny

    Is like a zit on God's nose.

    See? You can unify Creationism and Big Bang.

  6. And what is america doing to stop this?!?! by G.+W.+Bush+Junior · · Score: 2, Funny

    This is a major threat to the safety and freedom of american citizens!
    I think that the US should try to stop this "Big Crunch", WITH OR WITHOUT support from the UN or the European nations...

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  7. I Agree! by cornjchob · · Score: 2, Funny

    I'm thinking that the greatest President we've ever seen, George W. Bush, should pull another states governer out of his/her office and give them a special job: Director of Universal Uncollapsablebility (a term first coined by our great, intelligent leader) Security. Therein that position lies the tiring task of giving us a color that would indicate just how close we are to dying in a horrible, cosmis collapse. The colors will range from Bridal White (no chance of collapse today) to Macaroni (who knows?) to Dark Black (kiss your ass goodbye). Other job details would be erecting giants statues of our President throughout the universe, thus holding the universe from collapsing due to the size of their ears. I'm sure that this idea, being the most sensible in this kind of situation, will be implemented by President Bush as soon as he sees the news. Thank god we have such a great person in office.

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