#big-crunch

#big-crunch

It's also led to a profound existential question: how will the Universe end? If it's expanding, which it is, and the expansion rate has decreased over time, which the evidence also supports, then what will happen in the far future? Will the expansion continue forever? Will it continue to decrease, or will it increase again? And if it does decrease, will it ever drop to zero and then, afterward, reverse itself?

Researchers predict that the universe will reach its 'death date' at 33.3 billion years old, with approximately 19 billion years remaining before a Big Crunch occurs.