When the Universe will be destroyed – a new forecast by scientists

An international team of scientists has presented a forecast for the final stage of the Universe. According to the model, the expansion of space will be replaced by a reverse collapse — the 'Big Crunch'. The key factor is the nature of dark energy. The full cycle will be 33.3 billion years, with Earth having about 20 billion years left.

An international team of researchers from Cornell and Shanghai Universities, with support from NASA, has presented a forecast for the final stage of the Universe's existence. According to their model, the infinite expansion of space will be replaced by a phase of reverse collapse — the 'Big Crunch'. The key factor is the nature of dark energy: if its influence weakens over time, expansion will first slow down and then stop. The maximum expansion limit will be reached when the Universe's volume increases by 69 percent. The full life cycle of the cosmos from birth to the final point will be about 33.3 billion years. Given the current age of the Universe at 13.8 billion years, Earth has approximately 20 billion years left before collapsing into a singularity. The article references a publication in the Mirror.