They include alternative future events that address unresolved scientific questions, such as whether humans will become extinct, whether the Earth survives when the Sun expands to become a red …

See what the future of the universe will look like. Scroll past as the sun explodes and Andromeda collides with the Milky Way.

Jun 8, 2025 · As for the Universe as a whole, do we have any understanding of when and how it will come to an end? We can look to modern cosmology for some intriguing possible answers.

May 15, 2025 · As the story of our cosmos moves forward, stars will slowly burn out, planets will freeze over, and black holes will devour light itself. Eventually, on timescales so long humanity will never...

Oct 1, 2025 · After expanding to its peak size about 11 billion years from now, the universe will begin to contract – snapping back like a rubber band to a single point at the end, according to a Cornell …

Aug 26, 2025 · If the universe is expanding now, will it continue forever, or will it slow and reverse under the pull of gravity? The answer depends on two opposing forces: the attractive pull of matter, which …

May 24, 2024 · A cosmologist touts powerful new technologies that will tell us more than ever before about the universe’s past, present, and future.

Nov 24, 2025 · Will the universe keep existing forever? An astrophysicist explains how scientists aren’t entirely sure, but they can make predictions.

Scientific predictions about the future of the Universe are based on the idea that the effect of gravity on matter determines the shape of the Universe, which then determines its future.

Mar 26, 2025 · The new analysis, using the largest 3D map of our universe ever made, looked at dark energy’s influence over the past 11 billion years. The results, using the first three years of collected …