How long will the Universe exist?

Timotan

For about how long do you think the Universe will exist from now on?

I am wondering if you are worried that the Universe will cease to exist very soon. I think it will not take much time before the Universe will cease to exist, because we have so many things to be worried about.
Let me know what you think.

SkyBoard

Oh relax.

We've got at least 20 billion years. Don't wait up.

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"Your God may be in the details, but mine's in the process." - Ian Malcolm

Loki

Sometimes it's interesting to look at things in another way.

Einstein believed that we have a unique view on the universe from which we can measure events relative to it. We all have our own reference frame where no matter where we are located in the universe we are always located at the centre of the observable universe, i.e it is always 15 bn lyrs across.
Secondly we feel the rate of time only when we are conscious. If you've ever been unconscious for a several hours you would notice that in the period you are out has passed in no time at all. When we're unconscious we have no sense of time. If you were unconscious for 20 years it would feel like only seconds had passed. Therefore when we die the period of time from then to the end of the universe would feel like no time at all. Therefore when you die your frame of reference collapses and , your universe dies with you. So your universe will end in only a matter of decades!
Interestingly if the universe is cyclic and the big bang re-occurs and you once again have consciousness, the period of time inbetween would feel like no time at all. So perhaps as soon as you die you may find yourself as a baby again to live out a similar existence. Confused

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How long will the Universe exist?

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