Friday, October 26, 2007

APOD 2.01-- It's the End of the World As We Know It....

And I feel fine.

In this "picture" the Universe's end is discussed-- the theory of the "Big Rip" is brought to the fore. (A mysterious repulsive phantom energy.) Too much dark matter in the universe will make the outward force from the Big Bang too massive to contain, and the universe will no longer be able to support itself. (Previous to this theory, the fate of the universe was centered on the theories of the Big Crunch or the Big Freeze.)

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