This made me happy, then sad.

[La Comédie Noire]

This made me happy. :)


Understanding the distribution of this force revealed that the likely fate of the Universe was to keep on expanding.

Then sad. :(


It will eventually become a cold, dead wasteland, researchers say.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-11030889

[John "Eh" MacDonald]

why exactly?

[Il Medico]

why exactly?
Well, according to the theory, the force that is pushing the ever increasing expansion of the universe will eventually overwhelm gravity. Galaxies, solar systems and planets will be pulled apart. This force will finally pull the universe down to nothing but individual atoms.

http://www.theage.com.au/news/science/the-end-of-everything/2004/03/05/1078464631459.html

I actually like this theory over the alternative theory (the big crunch [gravity reaches it's limit and snaps back like a rubber-band, causing the universe to collapse back down to the state it was at the big bang, and then to expand again]). It is kinda comforting and beautiful in my opinion to know that everything dies. Nothing is forever, you and I will die, the Earth will die, and even the stars themselves will die.

[AK]

This just fucking ruined my plans of living forever. Thanks a lot, guys.

[John "Eh" MacDonald]

Well, according to the theory, the force that is pushing the ever increasing expansion of the universe will eventually overwhelm gravity. Galaxies, solar systems and planets will be pulled apart. This force will finally pull the universe down to nothing but individual atoms.

http://www.theage.com.au/news/science/the-end-of-everything/2004/03/05/1078464631459.html

I actually like this theory over the alternative theory (the big crunch [gravity reaches it's limit and snaps back like a rubber-band, causing the universe to collapse back down to the state it was at the big bang, and then to expand again]). It is kinda comforting and beautiful in my opinion to know that everything dies. Nothing is forever, you and I will die, the Earth will die, and even the stars themselves will die.

Thank you for the explanation.:) I'm not the most intelligent individual on this forum,(It doesn't help i didn't get any sleep last night.)

It does make a lot of sense, if i have it right.

I'm trying to think of an example to use but it seem like there isn't anything on earth that would spread out until the point it becomes a "million" little pieces of nothing.

[Il Medico]

I'm trying to think of an example to use but it seem like there isn't anything on earth that would spread out until the point it becomes a "million" little pieces of nothing.
Well, think of it as an arm wrestling match. One arm is gravity and the other is dark energy (Eisenstein called it anti gravity). The Dark energy arm is the stronger arm and is pushing down on gravity. Eventually, gravity will fail and dark energy will win (pull everything apart). Or Gravity could muster a backwards push and take dark energy down quickly. (snapping back so to say, collapsing the universe to a singularity.)


It is also important to note that gravity is actually quite a weak force. Just think about how much more powerful electromagnetism is. You can pick up a paper clip with a magnet smaller than a dime. That little magnet is working (winning) against the entire gravitational pull of the earth.