![]() ![]() There are several possible ends to the universe that Mack, a theoretical astrophysicist at North Carolina State University, discusses in the book. ![]() ![]() And while there’s general agreement about the broad outlines of the Big Bang, there’s far less certainty about how everything will end, as Katie Mack expertly explains in The End of Everything (Astrophysically Speaking).Ī Big Rip sounds like a particularly painful end of the universe, but such a fate is not imminent: cosmologists estimate the earliest a Big Rip could take place is in about 200 billion years. While most associate cosmology with studying the origins of the universe in the Big Bang, some are looking at how the universe will end. But, perhaps, you are a little curious about how it will all come to an end-whether or not you want to accelerate the process.Īstronomers and physicists are curious, too. It’s something that is (presumably) very far in the future, and also something we have absolutely no control over. ![]() The end of the universe is probably one of the last things on everyone’s minds these days, given all the problems that make you wonder how we’ll get through just this year. The End of Everything (Astrophysically Speaking) ![]()
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