Homework: what is the fate of the univerese?

Question

When will it end

What does the future of the univerese look like?

Long/good answers please

Answer 1

There are three possibilities for the fate of the universe. The first possibility is that it will continue to expand for all eternity. Eventually, matter will clump together and form many massive black holes. The universe will become so large in the end that the overall temperature of the universe will be very close to absolute zero. In this scenario, the universe dies has a cold, desolit place with no light or life.

The next scenario is a little more violent. The universe stops expanding do to the overall gravitational force of the universe. The procces is reversed so the universe starts to contract. This ends with the universe getting hotter and hotter, incinerating all life and rushing into a Big Crunch. The universe ceases to be. There is no after. There will no longer be any time. It won't suddenly be black emptiness, there will be nothing, not even void. This is the most complete form of destruction possible.

The third scenario is much more cheerfull than the other two. The universe continues to axpand like the first scenario, but is slowed down by the gravitational forces in the second scenario. The result is, the expansion rate gets increasingly smaller but never quite stops. The universe continues to be hospitable to life for trillions of trillions of trillions of trillions of trillions... you get my point. This is the only scenario that allows for virtually infinte human life without extreme measures. The other scenarios provide possible survival techniques, but they are so extreme that it is doubtful we would be able to carry them out.

I know it doesn't make much of a difference, but things don't come into being. Stars and planets don't randomly pop into existence. There are what we call "virtual particles" that are on the border of existence and fade in and out of our universe, but that is a little of subject. I don't mean to be rude about it, but this particualr misconception is a bit of a petpeeve of mine.

Try these for long/good answer information:

http://ircamera.as.arizona.edu/NatSci102/lectures/fateuniverse.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultimate_fate_of_the_universe
http://map.gsfc.nasa.gov/m_uni/uni_101fate.html
http://www.washington.edu/alumni/columns/march96/universe.html
http://abyss.uoregon.edu/~js/ast123/lectures/lec26.html
http://blueox.uoregon.edu/~karen/astro123/lectures/lec26.html
http://oposite.stsci.edu/pubinfo/pr/1998/AAS_winter-sn/pr.html

Good luck!

Answer 2

What does it matter? In the context of humanity, it is very possible that we will not last to the end of the universe, considering it is useless. No one living this day will probably live the "end" of the universe, so there is no point considering it. As far as we can really and truly know, the universe started at our birth and will end at our death, nothing more and nothing less. On another note: How is anyone supposed to know? I don't know when the universe will end, or if it will end. Is it impossible to consider that the universe has never began or and will never end? The concept of time is very human, we like to think that everything has a beginning and an end. But the universe is not what we'd like to think. We only know what we observe. As Stephen Hawkins (spelling?) once said, for all we know, our concept of physics and chemistry doesn't work outside the world which we have observed; but what we can't observe isn't relevent. In another note: it seems to some scientists that the universe is expanding. There does not seem to be any evidence of this expansion slowing. So in that sense, the universe will continue to expand until everything is isolated from everything else, to the point where nothing will interact, and the sources of energy will slowly die, and the universe will be no more, just a collection of mass without energy, frozen at absolute zero.

Answer 3

Look in the Bible under Ecclesiastes chapter 3. There is a time for everything. In that book there is also a verse that Say's "nothing has been done, that hasn't been done before". In other words, man has committed every sin there is over and over again.
In the book of Daniel, he dreamed of the end of the World. Look under prophecy or (ies).
I give you this because besides the Universe and Galaxy books you are going to be hearing about ,Philosophy should also be included. I'm sure you will be thanked for such a broad look . There is a beginning and an end to everything on this earth. A grass seed must die before it's seed can make another one. Endings and beginnings, endings and beginnings. Maybe your answer is "When will man began again"?
Donna

Answer 4

It has been said that eventually our solar system will die and be reborn again.
Things take a very long time to do, so every few millenium there are things that get too... old, if you will. Scientists say that in a few trillion or billion years the sun will result in a sonic boom and we will all die...
but obviously you and I have nothing to worry about for quite some time.
Anyway, it has also been said that there is life beyond this solar system. And that there is more than one universe. Who knows? Maybe that galaxy far, far away really does exist.
Even after our race is finished off, life will continue to be amazing and change.
There is no end.
There is no beginning.
There is only life.
Did that help? I hope so. That's as long as I can go.
My ma is yelling at me to get off!

Answer 5

the fate of the universe is up to all living things to decide
we all have an impact and can not say for sure what will happen in the future we can not even so for sure what happened in the past all we no is that we are here and
one day we wont be . As for what it is going to look like
use your imagination

Answer 6

Here's a concise answer... the fate of the universe is re-creation. God promises to create a new heaven and a new earth after sin and death are destroyed. For the good, long answer, read the book of Revelation, chapters 20 and 21 in the Bible. Peace!

Answer 7

Well soon the apocalypse will happen. Make sure you take a shower and wear your nicest clothes because it will be the greatest ocassion ever and then every other alien species had an intergalactic party and all of us liberals in heaven enjoy a party knowing that a certain president is where he deserves to be.

Answer 8

The fate of the universe is in our hands and the future will depend on how we treat it. With all the destruction and war in the world it looks as if we will destroy it in less time than we expect.

Answer 9

There are differet theories.We are sure of none.I like Gaia theory these days but people don't like to believe it as it goes like this:We can not change the destructive side of destruction as it has always being like this.It is too late to turnback and diverse the consequences of pollution now.I think that every thing that lives it grows and grows and grows till it reaches it's end.

Answer 10

Sorry I only have a short/bad answer.

The universe will end when students start doing their own homework and stop wasting time on the internet...

So we have a good 7 or 8 trillion years still...