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New Study Predicts Universe Will End in 10⁷⁸ Years Due to Stellar Remnant Decay
- Three scientists from Radboud University in Nijmegen calculated in 2025 that the universe will end in about 10^78 years due to the decay of stellar remnants.
- This finding revises previous estimates near 10^1100 years by including the evaporation of neutron stars and white dwarfs through Hawking-like radiation.
- The researchers showed that massive objects leak energy via gravitational pair production, causing dense bodies like neutron stars to decay faster.
- Lead author Heino Falcke explained that although the final conclusion regarding the universe’s fate occurs earlier than previously thought, this event remains extremely distant in the future.
- This study implies even the most durable cosmic remnants will gradually evaporate, shortening the universe's lifespan while remaining far beyond human timescales.
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A new research conducted by scientists at Radboud University in the Netherlands suggests that the universe will come to an end much sooner than previously thought. Although the event will still occur within an almost inconceivable period —10 up to 78 years, i.e. a 1 followed by 78 zeros —, it represents a radical change from the previous estimate, which placed the death of the universe at 10 up to 1,100 years. “The final end of the universe will…
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The universe is dying faster than we thought
The end of the universe has always felt like a distant abstraction. But new calculations suggest that our original timeline might have been wildly optimistic. According to a team of Dutch scientists, the universe is dying much faster than anyone thought, and could cease to exist within 10 to the power of 78 years. That’s still inconceivably far away (more than trillions of years, for context). But compared to earlier estimates, it’s like the hea…
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