Recent content by Shlibby

I appreciate your enduring my uninformed curiosity:smile:. Having little exposure to formal education on the issue, I'm not sure what sources to start with. Any particular book titles, or even links to webpages, written with layperson comprehensibility included would be a good start, with the...

Phinds, why is the continued accelerated expansion not evidence for a big rip? If it keeps expanding faster, isn't that more consistent with the big rip than the big freeze? Bandersnatch. So you're saying that evidence shows dark energy does not vary over time, and, this is evidence for the big...

Thank you; I am getting less depressed about the big rip so far :D Even in light of this new 'theory', what overall is the specific reason/s for heat death being the most likely possibility? Also, though this might be a bit off-topic, the youtubian enlightenment revalates that Michio Kaku is...

Ok, we're making progress. :) It would be fair to say that the guardian article exagerates the new 'evidence' for the big rip, correct? While were at it, is there a consensus, most popular view, on the ultimate fate of the universe, and if so, why is said theory believed to make the most sense?

The article says the new theory: "refines current models by finding a more consistent way to account for a property called bulk viscosity, a measure of a fluid’s ability to expand or contract. In this case, the fluid is the universe itself" The scientists involved claim that there new theory...

Thanks for the replies. I am not well versed in the subject. The big rip scenario makes me rather depressed about the future [if only the universe cared]. Could one of the previous posters, or perhaps someone else who agrees with them, summarize why this 'new' theory is not actually good...

Bulk viscosity is a factor now claimed to support the big rip scenario. Its nearly a year old, but an intriguing story nonetheless, as detailed in the guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/science/2015/jul/02/not-with-a-bang-but-with-a-big-rip-how-the-world-will-end and for any with access...