A cataclysmic quantum fluctuation could wipe out everything at any moment. The fact that we’re still here is revealing hidden ...

How the universe will end is an ongoing debate among ... who offer up theories with terrifying monikers such as “big freeze” ...

attracting everything back together in a 'Big Crunch'. The nature of dark energy is still a complete mystery, but it is thought to cause the Universe to expand faster all the time. Astronomers ...

and the "Big Crunch" (something causes the universe to contract back toward the Big Bang). The long freeze isn't a rosy ...