Scientists predict the universe will die much sooner than expected

Scientists predict the universe will die much sooner than expected

As telescopes gaze into space, they also peer back in time. Starlight takes years—sometimes billions—to reach Earth, letting scientists trace the universe’s past. But what lies ahead for everything in space? That question has fascinated astronomers, and now, new research offers bold insights into the far future of stars, black holes, and even the Moon. Not Just a Black Hole’s Fate Decades ago, Stephen Hawking proposed a radical idea: black holes…