How will the world end

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In many trillions of years, the universe's rate of expansion will increase to the point where every particle of matter is independently isolated in its own little prison of space, with every other particale expanding away from it faster than the speed of light. Information will cease to exist, and entropy and coldness will reign supreme.

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Was a good post until this. Learn more about theoretical physics theories before making broad statements like this.

but yeah, we're [censored]

anyone else read "The Last Question"?

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haven't read the book, but the last time i studied physics i was under the impression that there was a ton of mass in the universe that was unaccounted for. i believe people were referring to it as "dark matter". i remember hearing an argument that the expansion and cooling might not be a forgone conclusion, and if there is enough "dark matter" then the universe might end up smashing back together into a big bangesque singularity at some point.

i'm no physicist, and am out of the loop. so i really have no idea why it matters which one eventually happens.