3 prospective scenarios for the end of the universe

3 prospective scenarios for the end of the universe

The universe is now moving towards destruction, because nothing exists forever. But how exactly will it end? What will happen if tomorrow all the stars from the sky, planets, star systems and galaxies disappear? What does the death of the universe look like?

It is important to understand that development implies a starting and a final point. It will take a little more than 50 million years and the Martian satellite Phobos will crash into the Red Planet to form a ring. After 100 million years, an asteroid can crash into Earth, repeating the scenario with dinosaurs.

It will take another 1.5 billion years and the solar brightness will increase so much that it will shift the habitability zone and future earthlings will have to get used to high temperatures and sunburn. In the end, it will take a long time and the end will overtake the entire Universe. Everything that we see and of which we do not even guess will disappear. But how will this happen?

Of course, we are not prophets and are not able to point out the exact scenario. However, modern knowledge allows us to distinguish 3 main end options of everything.

  1. Freezing

3 prospective scenarios for the end of the universe

The dark and cold stars of the early universe may still exist.

The universe is expanding, and the galaxies are moving away from each other at an ever-increasing speed, although gravity is trying to keep the whole array together. However, there is also a theoretical dark energy opposing the force of gravity. If one day the dark energy becomes more influential, then the material for forming stars would be scattered and distant for fusion.

As a result, the stars will lose the material to form. Gradually in the world without new stars it will become dark and cold. At a temperature of absolute zero, movement ceases even at the atomic level. We will get a boring and static place.

  1. Gap

3 prospective scenarios for the end of the universe

Possible options for the end of the universe

If the first scenario seemed dull to you, the Big Rip looks cooler. Dark energy can become so intense that it completely overpowers gravity and then breaks outer space to shreds.

First, the gap will affect all galaxies. Then the process will go to black holes, stars, planets and asteroids. Each form of matter will collapse on its own, including you and me. As a result, the space will be filled with individual particles that can no longer contact and create something new.

  1. Compression

Another unusual option is where gravity prevails over dark matter. If this happens, outer space will stop the expansion process and start a very dangerous but colorful compression process.

Just imagine how the universe shrinks into a single “point” from which it all began. This merger, collision and destruction of stars, planets, black holes and galaxies. As a result, everything will reach the point of singularity and will cease to exist in its usual form.

Postscript

Scientists believe that sooner or later one of the scenarios will work. But we are talking about such a distant future that there will no longer be any earthlings or any other form of life. However, it is still interesting to know how it will end.

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