Universe May Start Shrinking Remarkably Fast, Forcing Cosmos To Collapse In Big Crunch, Find New Study

The cosmos had grown faster than it should have, with physicists dubbing the factor responsible 'dark energy.' But there is a possibility that the Universe may start shrinking ‘remarkably’ fast, forcing the cosmos to collapse in a ‘big crunch,' according to a new study.

In 1998, two separate initiatives, the Supernova Cosmology Project and the High-Z Supernova Search Team, employed distant supernovae - star explosions that temporarily shine as brightly as 10 billion suns - to estimate th...

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