Scientists reveal the exact date the universe will end and it's 'sooner than expected'

UNILAD ^ | 5/13/25 | Niamh Shackleton

[DallasBiff]

It looks like the universe may end much sooner than anticipated.

Dutch researchers have looked into the initial theories about when the universe is likely to cease to exist.

The team from Radboud University in the Netherlands put their heads together and used Hawking radiation to come to a conclusion.

This theory is named after the late Stephen Hawking, who came up with the idea that black holes leak radiation and they eventually evaporate.

Scientists at the university then used this theory on other objects in the universe — neutron stars and white dwarfs, for example — and discovered that these things also disappear like black holes.

Neutron stars and white dwarfs are the final stage of a star's life cycle, and while they can remain in this stage for a long time, Radboud researchers have proposed a new theory that they too gradually dissipate like black holes.

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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Science
KEYWORDS: end; niamhshackleton; runforyourlife; universe; wereallgonnadie

[DallasBiff]

Oh noes were all going to die in a billion years, and I wonder how much they are subsized by The Netherlands and EU.

[butlerweave]

What a waste of money ,LOL

[TopDog2]

I have plans for that day. Can we postpone it for a few days? TIA.

[HombreSecreto]

But if the US middle class pays more in taxes, the universe will last longer...

[Noumenon]

Oh noes, that means we need MOAR communism RIGHT NOW!

[sonova]

From the article:

(or 0 to the power of 78) years.

++++++++++

Yeah, that’s pretty soon!

[PeterPrinciple]

With this in mind, it’s now expected that the universe will end in 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 (one quinvigintillion or 0 to the power of 78) years.

While this is still a very long time away, it’s a drastic revision from previous estimate of of 10 to the power of 1,100 years, explains CBS News.

[CarolinaPeach]

Sure they have. Yes, of course. Because they’ve been so dead-on accurate with all the predictions of destruction from climate change. We’ve lost miles of coastline, there is no polar ice, all the polar bears are dead, island after island has disappeared under the ocean, and we are continually pounded by Cat 5 hurricanes and horrific tornadoes - the likes of which mankind has never seen.

I eagerly await any and all of the predictions of doom from these scientists so that I can immediately take appropriate action.

Peach

[MtnClimber]

Is it time to max out the credit cards and not worry about paying the bill?

[tnlibertarian]

Is it a weekday? I need to know if I need to set my alarm.

[Tom Tetroxide]

Should I go ahead and break out the old sandwich board and bell, take off my clothes, put on the board, go to the street corner, ring the bell and yell, “the end is nigh!”?

[Verginius Rufus]

Wouldn’t 0 to the power of 78 be zero?

[decal]

It’ll be on a Tuesday; Tuesdays always stink.

[Alas Babylon!]

Much MORE than a billion...

With this in mind, it's now expected that the universe will end in 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 (one quinvigintillion or 0 to the power of 78) years.

A quinvigintillion.

[Frank Drebin]

Oh for the love of...

[Larry Lucido]

Wasn’t there a Charlie the Unicorn cartoon about that?

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Oh noes were all going to die in a billion years,...

More like a billion billion billion billion billion years.

[grobdriver]

I’ll take tomorrow if it’ll get rid of all liberals, RINOs and democrats.

[UCANSEE2]

0 to the power of 78=0.

[posterchild]

Keith Richards hardest hit.