How Will Our Universe End?
all reality how this universe will end Usually known as "Big Crunch"
The Big Bang is a well-known concept that is widely discussed. However, the Big Crunch, which is not to be confused with a confectionery item, is a topic that is less commonly understood. While many scientists believe that the universe began with a massive burst of energy, there is a range of theories regarding how everything will eventually come to an end. The Big Crunch theory, which is considered to be the most likely scenario, has its roots in Einstein's theory of general relativity. This theory suggests that the universe will eventually collapse in on itself, forming a massive black hole that contains all matter. Due to the conditions present in the singularity of this size, everything will be squashed down to a minuscule size, hence the name "Big Crunch."
However, there are a couple of unknowns that will affect our ultimate fate. The universe's expansion appears to be the interplay of two factors: density and outward momentum. Density has a direct correlation to the amount of gravity that is present, meaning that the denser the universe is, the more gravitational forces that take place. This would mean that everything will eventually gravitate towards everything else, and the final Big Crunch becomes an inevitability. However, observations of the universe have shown that things are not behaving as simply as we would expect. The outer reaches appear to be expanding at a faster rate than those closer to us, and galaxies are moving further apart from each other. Scientists have given a name to this unknown entity: dark energy. This extra element in the expansion of the universe means that there are two potential outcomes: it will either continue to expand forever, or objects will be so far apart from each other that everything will freeze. Alternatively, we could still face a Big Crunch. The determining factor is how much dark energy is actually present. If there is enough, which some scientists believe could be the case, then everything will continue to expand. If there isn't enough, then the forces of gravity will once more eventually overcome and bring everything back together again.
Assuming that there isn't enough dark energy and that the Big Crunch does take place, the universe will begin to contract evenly. Because matter is more or less distributed consistently, it would be a slow process that would gradually pick up in speed as galaxies got closer to one another and the forces of gravity had more of an effect. In about a hundred billion years from now, as things reach a climax, temperatures would significantly increase, resulting in stars exploding and vaporizing, and all objects breaking down into their constituent atoms, which themselves will begin to break apart. In the final stages, as all matter from the universe compacts into a small space, things will become extremely chaotic, so much so that some predictions suggest that space-time will become so warped that it would shatter into droplets, rendering all concepts of time, distance, and direction meaningless.
With our lack of full understanding of the process taking place in the universe, it is impossible to know for sure how everything will end. One of the scenarios is the Big Crunch, which will see every piece of matter returning to where it originated, and all that will remain will be an unimaginably large black hole. What happens at that point is anyone's guess, and it could potentially see the birth of a new universe. It is also possible that this has all happened a number of times already, and we are alive in just another in a long line of cyclical expansions and contractions. Only those who are planning to be alive for billions of years will really have to worry about this.
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MALIK T.
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