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Dark energy reassessment suggests the universe may end in a Big Crunch after all 08:59 - Dec 28 with 267 viewsNthQldITFC

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c17xe5kl78vo

So if all the dismals could put a sock in their black holes for a couple more months while Kieran adds a few more fundamental particles, tweaks the standard model a little, and gets a bit more acceleration into the system, they really would be doing us all a favour.

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Dark energy reassessment suggests the universe may end in a Big Crunch after all on 09:12 - Dec 28 with 210 viewsWeWereZombies

'"I think that this is just reflecting the messy details of supernovas," he says. "The correlation with age is not very tight, so I think it is dangerous to apply a 'correction'. It looks weak to me."'

Bad news for Oasis fans, not so much a Champagne Supernova, more of a lager supernova...

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Dark energy reassessment suggests the universe may end in a Big Crunch after all on 10:07 - Dec 28 with 83 viewsStokieBlue

Both current theories for the end of the universe are pretty depressing.

- Collapse back into itself in a big crunch where gravity dominates
- Expand forever under dark energy until heat death where it's too cold for anything to happen

Plenty of time for KM to get it right before either happens though.

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