The fate of the universe is a fascinating question. For one thing, no one who believes anything reasonable thinks that we will actually get to find out what is going to happen to "the big it". There is, however a guarantee that the universe as we know it will end. You see, at some point everything is going to get eaten by black holes. Now whether or not the universe will survive long enough for that to happen is debatable. It IS a guarantee though. So even if every other possible way the universe could end is prevented, one day everything will just be giants piles of nothing. on the other hand, nobody knows what's on the other side of a black hole...It could be a whole other universe...Of course we would be crushed and wouldn't get to see it, but eventually all of that mass could form back into planets and life and such. And then that would get eaten by black holes. Fun huh?
And try wrapping your head around this one: If the universe didn't exist than what would reality be? I'm not talking about vacuous space here, I mean nothing. No universe. No space. No time. Scary eh? Actually, that isn't the case so honestly it doesn't matter.
"But if you could just see the beauty,
These things I could never describe"
-Joy Division (You try finding a good lyric about astronomy)
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