The “Death Date” of the Universe Is Much Sooner Than Expected, According to a Study
The universe will end far sooner than anticipated.
According to a group of US and Chinese scientists, the cosmos will reach its “death date” and cease to expand when it reaches 33.3 billion years old.
With an estimated current age of 13.8 billion years, the universe will end in what boffins refer to as a “Big Crunch” in just over 19 billion years.
According to a new cosmic model developed by experts at Jiao Tong University in Shanghai and Cornell University in New York, dark energy, the force thought to be in charge of the universe’s growth, would eventually wane and give way to gravity.
Although dark energy defies earlier theories that the universe may persist endlessly, scientists are still working to confirm its existence.
According to Chelsea Gohd of NASA, “What is dark energy exactly? In a nutshell, we don’t know. However, we are aware that it exists, that it is causing the cosmos to expand more quickly, and that dark energy makes up between 68.3 and 70 percent of the universe.
