Universe Frozen in Time by Liesbeth de Bakker of our Science Unit, 12 March 2002 You'd better take a good look while you can, because the Universe is going to disappear! As space ages and expands, fewer and fewer galaxies will be visible to us. Even weirder, as we watch these galaxies fade, their appearance will freeze in time. No matter how long we watch , like celluloid heroes in the cinema they will never grow older or change. They will only grow dimmer as they recede from us. For decades the fate of the Universe was a favourite topic...