[sparklite2]

Newspaper headline -— Universe to Collapse in 4 Billion Years

“Oh, my god, oh my god.”
“What are you doing? Four billion years is a very long time.”
“Oh, whew. I thought it was four MILLION!”

[Calvin Locke]

Newspaper headline -— Universe to Collapse in 4 Billion Years

I remember that joke when it was about the Sun.

Inflation, I guess. Certainly not education.

[trebb]

Newspaper headline -— Universe to Collapse in 4 Billion Years

That's so 1980's.

I recently saw a show that said that it now looks like, instead of slowing down, the universe is speeding up in its expansion. Golly gee Mr. Wizard....instead of collapsing, we're going to burst.