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4 Ways the Universe Might End (All of Them Are Bad)

Join Joe Hanson as he explores curiosity and illuminates the science behind… well, everything.

4 Ways the Universe Might End (All of Them Are Bad)

Season 8 Episode 20 | 11m 38s | CC

I don’t want to alarm you, but the world is going to end. All of this. Gone. And scientists are certain all of this will happen. On the bright side this isn’t going to happen for 4-5 billion years. It makes me wonder: In a universe bigger than we can fathom, across eons of time, could… all of it end? Everything? The whole universe? Yes. And it probably will. Here’s how.

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