Labels:bulletin board | reckoner OCR: The universe may expand forever in which case all the galaxies and stars will eventually grow dark and cold The alternative to this big chill is a big crunch If the mass of the universe is large enough gravity will eventually reverse the expansion, and all matter and energy will be reunited Buund the next decade as researchers improve techniques for measuring the mass of the universe we may learn whether the present expansion is headed toward big chill ora big crunch In the near future we expect new experiments to provide better understanding of the big bang As we improve measurements of the expansion rate and the ages of stars, we may be able to confirm that the stars are indeed younger than the expanding universe The larger telescopes recently completed or under construction may allow uS ...
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