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Three trillion years from now, the universe

Three trillion years from now, the universe will be observably static, the Milky Way alone, and scientists of the day likely won't be able to "infer that the beginning involved a Big Bang".

By Jason Kottke  •  May 31, 2007  •  astronomy   bigbang   cosmology   physics   science   universe

Stephen Hawking and Thomas Hertog are publishing

Stephen Hawking and Thomas Hertog are publishing a paper that argues that the universe "began in just about every way imaginable" simultaneously and then most of the possibilites withered away with the rest blending together to make the current universe.

By Jason Kottke  •  Jun 21, 2006  •  bigbang   cosmology   physics   science   Stephen Hawking   universe

Maybe the universe is a trillion years

Maybe the universe is a trillion years old and has experienced several big bangs and big collapses over the years. "People have inferred that time began then, but there really wasn't any reason for that inference. What we are proposing is very radical. It's saying there was time before the big bang."

By Jason Kottke  •  May 5, 2006  •  bigbang   cosmology   physics   science   universe

Jim Holt asks Freeman Dyson, Lawrence Krauss,

Jim Holt asks Freeman Dyson, Lawrence Krauss, Ed Witten and other in trying to figure out how the universe will end. Further reading: Time Without End by Freeman Dyson, Frank Tipler's Omega Point theory, and The Physics of Extra-Terrestrial Civilizations by Michio Kaku.

By Jason Kottke  •  Oct 31, 2005  •  cosmology   edwitten   franktipler   freemandyson   jimholt   lawrencekrauss   michiokaku   physics   science   time   universe

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