Current science and cosmology tell us the Universe will slowly die and ebb away countless trillions of trillions of years from now, but another model — the Big Rip — says that end may come far sooner, ripped apart by dark energy. Could civilizations survive the Universe itself being torn apart at the atomic scale?

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Credits:
Civilizations at the End of Time: The Big Rip.
Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur.
Episode 326; January 20, 2022
Produced, Written, and Narrated by Isaac Arthur.

Editors:
Darius Said.
Yamagishi.

Cover Art:
Jakub Grygier https://www.artstation.com/jakub_grygier.