Posted on 04/12/2026 10:48:55 AM PDT by Libloather
It’s the end of the world as we know it — a lot sooner than we think.
A team of researchers have drastically scaled back the going estimate of how long it will be until the universe ceases to exist.
Previously, scientists believed it would be 10¹¹⁰⁰ years until the very last objects in the cosmos would disappear forever — that’s a 1 followed by 1,100 zeroes, in layman’s terms.
But a new study published in the Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics by a trio of researchers at Radboud University in the Netherlands posits the real figure as closer to 10⁷⁸ years, or a 1 followed by just 78 zeroes, Science Aim writes.
Make no mistake, 10⁷⁸ years is a long, long, long time. But the difference between 10⁷⁸ years and 10¹¹⁰⁰ years is so enormous that it’s unfathomable to the human mind.
At the heart of the researchers’ dramatic revision is Hawking radiation, a theory proposed by physicist Stephen Hawking in 1975 that black holes aren’t completely black but rather very slowly leaking particles.
Hawking explained the process in numerous books and talks over the years, wherein a pair of temporary particles form at the edge of black holes and rather than merging, one escapes while the other is sucked into the cosmic abyss.
The surviving particle is then imbued with energy from the black hole itself.
Hawking theorized that over “extraordinarily long timescales,” black holes lose mass and eventually evaporate entirely, contradicting Albert Einstein’s theory of relativity, which states that black holes can only grow larger.
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I’m sorry to hear that. Kids can be so cruel sometimes. I lost my son almost 3 yrs ago & part of me wants to join him, but I still have 2 daughters, 3 grandchildren & a loving husband remaining so I continue to stay here. I hope your son returns to you before it’s too late.
There have been so many false alarms. So many failed predictions as to when it would happen.
“So many failed predictions as to when it would happen.”
73.8% of all of the worlds doomsday sandwich board evangelists post on this forum.
God, the creator of the universe, won’t let his creation be destroyed.
Fills me with sadness. I pray that if I am ever subjected to such a trial, I won’t respond in that way.
It reminded me of a memoir of a Jew who survived the Holocaust, and he saw a Rabbi who completely lost his faith. I cannot in any way judge him for that, but...I remember feeling very emotional reading that, and it made me understand better how terrible a thing for mankind that was.
THE END IS NEIGH!
True.
But there's also this...
Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts and saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation.2 Peter 3:3-4
cpdiii: "Something from nothing defies logic."
HerrBlucher: "Something from nothing and your chicks for free......"
grey_whiskers: "We gotta move this microwave background...🎶"
Reducing the Universe from 101,000 to just 1078 years puts us all in dire straights.
(note the video men on the moon!)
😊
LOL!
Will it help to put a bag over our heads?
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