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Universe May Be Running Out of Time

Posted by Zonk on from the ticking-clock dept.

RenHoek writes "With heat death, the big crunch and quite a few other nasty ways in which the universe could see its demise, we can now add "running out of time" to the list. A team of scientists came up with a new theory that would solve the problem of the elusive dark energy that seems to be accelerating the expansion of the universe. They figure that the universe is not speeding up but we are, in relation to the outer regions of space, slowing down. Tests with the upcoming Large Hadron Collider will give more insight if we're going to end up frozen in time."

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  1. last post! by yagu · · Score: 5, Funny

    Ha, you only think this is offtopic!

  2. Time ... by foobsr · · Score: 5, Funny

    ... to book at Milliways !!!

    CC.

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    TaijiQuan (Huang, 5 loosenings)
  3. Pretty vague description of the problem... by GradiusCVK · · Score: 5, Funny

    Ms. Cartman: Doctor, did you find out what's wrong with him?
    Doctor: I'm afraid he's running out of time.
    Ms. Cartman: Why, what's wrong with him?
    Doctor: It's his time. It's running out.
    Ms. Cartman: What can we do?
    Doctor: Well, I suppose we can try a time transplant. I'll have to call a specialist.

  4. 3d Realms call to action by psbrogna · · Score: 5, Funny

    I believe this announcement should be taken as a wake up call by the Duke Nukem Forever developers. I'm standing by to place my order while the cosmos collapses around me.

  5. Re:Add to that by calebt3 · · Score: 5, Funny

    We can only hope.

  6. Anyone else notice? by springbox · · Score: 5, Funny

    I always seem to read Large Hadron Collider as "Large Hardon Collider." Not sure how that's related to science.

  7. Re:Read the last line of the article first by calebt3 · · Score: 5, Funny

    How do you think we got most of our current theories? Fortune cookies in Chinese take-out.