No Big Crunch. The rate of expansion of the universe is increasing. Recent research 3 years ago into supernovas has shown that the most distant galaxies are accelerating; the more distant the galaxy, the faster the speed away from us.
The force producing this?: Dark Energy, also called Quintessence.
Dark Energy's nature?; A complete mystery.
43 posted on 12/22/2002 7:10:40 PM PST by friendly