Only 10-20 Billion Years To Go

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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Infinitely big is the same as infinitely small

[Shwag]

"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."

Actually, as Steven Hawkins explains, a universe with matter spread infinitely flat in every direction ...with nothing else relative to it (since that would be in the known universe too) ... is mathematically and relatively exactly equal to a infinite point (from which the big bang starts!)

Maybe someone can provide the exact quote of this theory. Thanks.