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This dramatic visualization of the timeline for the rest of the universe is well worth a watch to get a feel for what we believe the future of the universe to l
by haxiomic 5y ago
This dramatic visualization of the timeline for the rest of the universe is well worth a watch to get a feel for what we believe the future of the universe to look like
[TIMELAPSE OF THE FUTURE: A Journey to the End of Time]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uD4izuDMUQA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uD4izuDMUQA
However, when you get to the end (which is perhaps a little depressing!), I'd recommend learning a bit about what we think could come 'after' this period, where the universe has become so isotropic and homogenous no clocks or measuring systems of any kind can be developed so the universe loses any sense of size or energy – it's been proposed that this creates opportunity for a new universe to exist
[What Happens After the Universe Ends?]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PC2JOQ7z5L0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PC2JOQ7z5L0
These are fields of study right on the edge of what's testable by science so it's more fun to think about than it is to have certainty (although Penrose has, debatably, claimed evidence for echos of previous universes visible in the CMB!).
- marton78 5y agoObligatory link to Isaac Asimov's wonderful short story "The Last Question" which explores this topic: https://www.physics.princeton.edu/ph115/LQ.pdf https://www.physics.princeton.edu/ph115/LQ.pdf
- haxiomic 5y agoI have never read this before, thank you :)
- rbanffy 5y agoIt's one of my all-time favorites.
- sooheon 5y agoAnother great one dealing with this topic is Exhalation by Ted Chiang. Less cosmic, more provincial, but still beautiful. https://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/exhalation/ https://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/exhalation/
- telesilla 5y agoI just watched this and found the ending quite comforting: at the end, entropy stops increasing and nothing happens, forever. After a long week at work, it's pretty much what I'm up for!
- NoSorryCannot 5y agoA trillions of years long work week would leave anyone tired!
- abrookewood 5y agoIt means nothing to my life, but the thought that it all ends in cold dark silence is very depressing. Hopefully we've got the science on dark energy wrong and a big crunch provides the possibility of re-birth.