If you’re reading this, chances are that you 21st century man who sometimes thinks about the ultimate fate of the Universe, not dreaming but it as no effect. But there is also the chance that you, dear reader, will become an immortal member of the galactic civilization in the distant future. Looking at the face of cosmic Apocalypse, you pause and are looking for relevant information in ancient records on the Internet.
What will be the end of the Universe
Perhaps the future has already arrived, you became a member of the galactic community, and now reading this. Keep in mind that in the early 21st century we were severely limited by the current capabilities of science and technology. You already are part of the endearing stars of a civilization which can use the energy of an entire star. Who knows? You may have already found a hypothetical solution, or will find it in the past.
In 2018, the people did not know what kind of end awaits the Universe. First to mind came quite a few old concepts: the Big Freeze and Big crunch. In an expanding Universe, however, it either had to expand forever or eventually shrink and narrow. If the universe continued to expand, it would be its heat death. If she started to shrink, all would have collapsed in the fiery singularity.
In 1979, physicist Freeman Dyson suggested several coping strategies. To withstand the Large Compression, it is suggested an advanced civilization “to hack a closed universe and change the topology of space-time so that part of it collapsed, and the other part expanded forever.” Then he claimed that such an advanced civilization will be able to cope with eternal expansion, but the further development has changed everything.
The fact that in 1998, people found that the expansion of the universe is not only happening, but accelerating. Author BBC Adam Becker turned to Dyson in 2015 on this issue and Dyson said that slightly diminished the optimism, and the best possibility was that the acceleration will gradually slow down. Otherwise, the universe will become too fragmented and cold.
In 2018 astrophysicist Dan Hooper pondered the question long-term survival of galactic civilization and suggested that the destruction may be, at least, postponed. Exactly the same as waiting for doomsday may collect and keep canned food and a highly developed civilization can preserve the sun. She could pull with medium-sized stars and drag them to other locations for safe storage.
If the theft stars not your style, the physicist Alan Guth, who, incidentally, developed the theory of cosmic inflation, told the BBC that galactic civilization can create their own pocket Universe. Escape it and you will be saved from the destruction of the previous one.
These are just a few of the schemes that could be used to avoid the space of stagnation and they do not imply a Large Gap or Large Changes in the process which is your favorite universe cools due to the resulting low-temperature vacuum or bubble suddenly bursts tight, phantom energy.
Perhaps you could become the star lords in the distant future, but ultimately to win you will fail. The universe as we understand it, will last an incredibly long time before change. But after that the conditions of its existence are not very pleasant. We hope that you have at hand will be a few stars when this happens.
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