Age of universe at 26.7B years, nearly twice as old as previously believed

Re:Age of universe at 26.7B years, nearly twice as old as pr... by akira2501 on Thursday July 13, 2023 @05:52PM (#36716568)

> that space-time could be discontinuous.

Why not? Tons of things are, for example, entropy. I have a crackpot idea that the Big Bang itself was just an "entropy population inversion." The big bang is literally just the moment where the discontinuity occurs.

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Re:Age of universe at 26.7B years, nearly twice as old as pr... by misnome on Thursday July 13, 2023 @06:41PM (#36717112)

Are you sure that you never read Asimov’s “The last Question”?

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Re:Age of universe at 26.7B years, nearly twice as old as pr... by akira2501 on Thursday July 13, 2023 @06:59PM (#36717252)

I have not. Judging from the plot summary, it is a very similar idea... albeit from a highly metaphysical perspective.

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Re:Age of universe at 26.7B years, nearly twice as old as pr... by mensetmanusman on Thursday July 13, 2023 @10:22PM (#36718709)

It is very short, you should read it!

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Re:Age of universe at 26.7B years, nearly twice as old as pr... by akomtu on Thursday July 13, 2023 @08:48PM (#36718083)

Another idea: at the end of times, when black holes finish merging into one giant black hole, will it force a big bang like event? If we assume the universe to be a large 3d sphere, what's the topology of space in it if it's just one giant black hole?

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Re:Age of universe at 26.7B years, nearly twice as old as pr... by Thiez on Friday July 14, 2023 @05:12AM (#36721373)

Why would all black holes eventually merge? The mass in our observable universe is constantly decreasing, with more and more of it going forever beyond our reach. For any two distant black holes it seems more likely that they will eventually find themselves forever alone in 'their' universe than that they will merge.

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