The Big Freeze

Cosmologists have theorized different ways that the universe might end, although this will happen in an unimaginable amount of time. The most likely scenario to happen is called “Heat Death” or “The Big Freeze”.

The universe is constantly expanding, and trillions of years from now, it will have expanded so much that we won’t be able to see distant galaxies. The Milky Way galaxy, which at this time has already merged with other galaxies, would seem like the entire universe for a new civilization.

Around 100 trillion years from now, stars will stop forming at all. The only thing left would be black holes, slowly evaporating due to Hawking radiation. By slowly, I mean very, very slowly…

After about 1 googol years, which is a 1 followed by 100 zeroes. There won’t be any celestial objects left. Instead, all the energy remaining will be evenly distributed at near absolute zero, which is the coldest temperature possible.

Yes, it does seem like a scary situation, however, keep in mind that this is what we believe might happen after an unimaginable amount of time. We won’t be here by the time it happens, so let’s enjoy the current moment, where we have a wonderful universe filled with stars and so much to discover!