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Hanging in the balance

What is the fate of the universe?

By Elizabeth Quill

April 8, 2011 at 12:12 pm - More than 2 years ago

The fate of the universe was supposed to be sealed by the turn of the millennium.

In one end-time scenario, the entire universe — from galaxies down to atoms — would rip apart at its seams. Nicolle Rager Fuller

COSMIC ARMAGEDDON | The discovery of dark energy made the fate of the universe much more difficult to forecast.