Where earlier than expected - Scientists named a new date for the end of the world

Researchers from Radboud University in the Netherlands have presented new calculations according to which the end of the Universe will come much earlier than previously thought.

The article is published in the prestigious Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics.

An interdisciplinary team - which included astrophysicist Heino Falcke, physicist Michael Wondrak and mathematician Walter van Suijlekom - conducted detailed calculations taking into account the influence of black holes, neutron stars and Hawking radiation. According to their data, the complete destruction of the Universe will occur in 10 to the 78th power years.

Although this is an astronomically long period, it is several times less than the previous estimate made by the same group of scientists in 2023. At that time, they believed that the "end of the world" would come only after 10 to the 1100th power years.

"Yes, the Universe will disappear sooner than we thought. But, fortunately, it will still take an incredibly long time," noted Heino Falcke.

The last objects to disappear will be white dwarfs - remnants of stars like our Sun. Their decay will be the final point in the history of the cosmos. And the Moon, according to scientists' calculations, will last the longest - it will evaporate only after 10 to the 90th power years due to its stable structure and weak interaction with cosmic radiation.