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ericksvensson
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Greetings, PF community. I have a very simple question regarding the Big Crunch theory.
As far as I know, the Big Bang was not an explosion in space, but expasion of space itself. But how about a possible Big Crunch? Does this theory deal with the contraction of space itself, or is it just galaxies attracting each other due to gravitational forces?
I may have a misconception, but I believe the Big Crunch could only possibly happen on a closed universe, and has to do with the overall density of the universe. But the point I'm still missing, is that I'm not sure if this theory implies a decrease in the expasion of the universe until a critical point in which space would begin to contract, or would it simply be an scenario where galaxies begin to attrack each other and we end up with a very dense concentration of mass in an almost-empty universe.
Perhaps I'm missing some fundamental concepts here, sorry if this is too basic.
Thanks!
As far as I know, the Big Bang was not an explosion in space, but expasion of space itself. But how about a possible Big Crunch? Does this theory deal with the contraction of space itself, or is it just galaxies attracting each other due to gravitational forces?
I may have a misconception, but I believe the Big Crunch could only possibly happen on a closed universe, and has to do with the overall density of the universe. But the point I'm still missing, is that I'm not sure if this theory implies a decrease in the expasion of the universe until a critical point in which space would begin to contract, or would it simply be an scenario where galaxies begin to attrack each other and we end up with a very dense concentration of mass in an almost-empty universe.
Perhaps I'm missing some fundamental concepts here, sorry if this is too basic.
Thanks!