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Heat Death: how the universe is most likely to end (and end sooner)

Heat Death: how the universe is most likely to end (and end sooner)

For a long time, physicists have held the belief that ‘the universe will end with an icy sputter known as “heat death”.’ This is the phenomenon when ‘the universe finally uses up all its energy, with all motion stopping and all the atoms in creation grinding to a halt.’ Now, a group of Australian physicists have come up with some new and [...]