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Cosmological bump in the dark

[PatrickHenry]

"If Einstein was right and dark energy remains at the strength it is for all time, the Universe will expand forever," Reiss said. While this sounds more pleasant than a big crunch or a big rip, it also means a cold, dark and lonely future. Not that this will matter to humans, as it is an estimated 55 billion years off.

And right up to the end, notwithstanding 55 billion years of accumulated data, creationists will still be claiming there's no evidence for evolution.