If we assume the big bang theory is correct, in that the universe is expanding from an infinitely dense object taking up no space, it will one day contract/collapse to the same dense object and this expansion/contraction is a cyclic thing, what do you think is the likelihood that each cycle evolves human life or life of an equivalent level of advancement? ...and do you think there will ever be a chance for mankind to escape the big collapse?
2007-12-21 05:44:35 · 10 answers · asked by lbgpaul 3 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
Well, even if the life that developed on this planet is still around for the event, I would hazard a guess that it would look/be like nothing alive today...
So... no, I don't think man will last long enough to view the event.
2007-12-21 05:57:47 · answer #1 · answered by quantumclaustrophobe 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
In something over 100MY life on earth will be going extinct. (It would be a thing of wonder for our species to survive this long.) Some authorities suggest the figure is around 1BY, but in any case the brightening sun and the CO2 -silicate cycle will raise temperatures and decrease oxygen to the point that the Earth will be lifeless by 1BY. The earth itself will be destroyed by the sun either as the sun expands to its red giant stage in about 5BY or many billion years after that during the final death throes before the white dwarf stage when vast quantities of matter would be ejected. The planet won't be here if and when the universe contracts, and contraction almost certainly will not happen. The universe will continue to expand and one by one the stars will die. This is refered to as the heat death of the universe. We will not be around to witness it.
2007-12-21 06:27:11 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The evidence seems to show that the universe will just keep expanding forever. There's no reason to believe it must be cyclic, even though that idea might appeal to our sensibilities. Trillions of years from now, all the fusionable material will have been used up, the stars will die out, and the universe will become a very cold, dark place.
2007-12-21 05:50:17 · answer #3 · answered by Nature Boy 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
There is no evidence that the Big Collapse will ever happen. But man definitely could not escape it, if it did.
2007-12-21 06:02:17 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Considering the universe is everything and we're part of it, no.
Regardless, there will be no big collapse, recent scientific evidence suggests this.
2007-12-21 05:47:38 · answer #5 · answered by Jansen J 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the big crunch is what its called, not the big collapse. and that theory is way outdated. since they discovered that the galaxies are accelerating they dont think that gravity will overcome the acceleration and collapse.
and think about it, if the theory was true all matter would turn into a little ball of energy that is so dense it has no volume. do u think we could survive that...?
2007-12-21 05:59:20 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
Recent developements suggest that there will
be a big rip, not a big collapse.
Neither would be survivable.
A more pressing question is: Will we survive
long enough to be threatened by either?
2007-12-21 06:36:54 · answer #7 · answered by Irv S 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
All scientific evidence shows that our universe will not one day collapse back on itself (..WMAP..) Even if it did, we'd be extinct long before such a thing happened.
2007-12-21 05:51:27 · answer #8 · answered by Chug-a-Lug 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
observational evidence currently goes against the "Big Crunch" theory. but if it does happen, it's like 100 billion years away!
2007-12-21 05:49:34 · answer #9 · answered by SpaceFan 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
When pigs fly to the first question about, well I furgotaboutit already ,,,, the only big collapse we are going to experience is the elements melting when God sets them on fire.
And trust me,,I don't give a rat's ear, how many thumbs down I get...
2007-12-21 06:07:04 · answer #10 · answered by dreamdress2 6 · 0⤊ 4⤋