Universe is 'doomed to collapse'

Drudge ^ | 10-22-02 | By Dr David Whitehouse

[meandog]

Universe is 'doomed to collapse'

It is all going to disappear one way or another

By Dr David Whitehouse
BBC News Online science editor

Forget the idea that we live in a youthful universe.

If two American professors are correct, the cosmos is middle-aged.

And it has not got an old age to look forward to.

Despite what recent observations suggest, Professor Andrei Linde from Stanford University and his wife Professor Renata Kallosh say the universe will stop expanding and collapse in the relatively near future.

New insights into the mysterious "dark energy" that appears to be pushing the universe apart suggest it may eventually lose its power.

Turning away from the dark side, the cosmos will then collapse, as if everything was falling into a black hole, say researchers.... click here for more

[meandog]

Oh my God, just 10,000,000,000 times 10 to the 10th power more years to go!

[anniegetyourgun]

LOL....one of the funniest things I read on FR!

[anniegetyourgun]

Where's the part about the "mysterious dark energy" coming from electing Republicans?!?

[Willie Green]

It's a good thing I own a hard hat and a pair of safety shoes.

[y2kdawgg]

The truth is that when Clinton was President, the universe was rapidly expanding. Now that Bush is in office, it is actually contracting....

DAMMIT, Bush squandered our cosmic momentum!!!!

[Dark Seraph]

I wonder how computer scientists of the distant future will deal with that "bug"... ;)

[pabianice]

Whoa! Time to sell!

[monkeyshine]

After the universe contracts, it will expand again, and repeat everything. You can look forward to living the exact same life all over. Hopefully you can remember who won all the world series' in your lifetime, so at least you can make some money in Vegas next time around.

[Tired of Taxes]

Only 10 to 20 billion years left? I guess I can throw caution to the wind now and forget about those credit card debts. =)

[meandog]

After the universe contracts, it will expand again, and repeat everything. You can look forward to living the exact same life all over. Hopefully you can remember who won all the world series' in your lifetime, so at least you can make some money in Vegas next time around.

...Gautama Siddhartha predicted such endless cycle of ying and yang! Are you a Buddist?

[wingnuts'nbolts]

If two Stanford professors say it is so, then it must be so! What junk! These people need to find work!

[Steely Tom]

Hardest hit will be children, the elderly, and those with weakened immune systems.

(steely)

[PeoplesRepublicOfWashington]

After the universe contracts, it will expand again, and repeat everything.

Does that mean I have to marry the two shrews I've gone through again? If so, beam me onto another universe, please.

[gcruse]

 
Scientists Say Universe Will Collapse

                                   Thousands Flee Cities

[Big Guy and Rusty 99]

THE SKY IS FALLING

billions of years from now

[VRWC_minion]

Does this mean as soon as we solve global warming we become a pancake ?

[SwinneySwitch]

The cosmos only appears to disappear, it actually reappears on the dark side as it heads towards negative infinity!

[PatrickHenry]

Ping for the big crunch.

[MichaelP]

1st thread:click here

[Guillermo]

Those stinking Republicans.

I told you all they were mean-spirited.