Ultimate fate of the universe
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The ultimate fate of the universe is a topic in physical cosmology. Many possible fates are predicted by rival scientific theories, including futures of both finite and infinite duration.
Once the notion that the universe started with a Big Bang became accepted by a consensus of scientists, the ultimate fate of the universe became a valid cosmological question, one depending upon the physical properties of the mass/energy in the universe, its average density, and the rate of expansion.
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Fiction
- Anderson, Poul, Tau Zero
- Asimov, Isaac, The Last Question
- Barrow, John, Impossibility
- Baxter, Stephen, Vacuum Diagrams, Deep Future, Manifold: Time, Exultant, and others
- L. E. Modesitt, Jr. Gravity Dreams
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