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The End of the Universe

The Infinite Monkey Cage

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The Big Rip

As the universe is now accelerating in its expansion, it seems very unlikely that that expansion would stop and turn around. There's another possibility that happens, which is called the big rip. And this is one where dark energy doesn't just move galaxies apart from each other, but actually becomes more powerful time. So you end up in this horrific infernothat bet that was steve's wish, wasn't it, to be burnt to a crisp so this is still possible? Well, you still get that with the sun burning up the earth. I wonder i just went to say that, e for all you listening one on the radio, on the podcast, you can't see we can

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