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Re:Universe's expansion 'is now slowing, not speeding up' by ghtbircshotbe on Friday November 07, 2025 @07:11AM (#45845618)
How does an infinitely oscillating universe comply with the 2nd law of thermodynamics?
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Re:Universe's expansion 'is now slowing, not speeding up' by wtcactus on Friday November 07, 2025 @09:06AM (#45846520)
It doesn’t. Either the 2nd law is incomplete or the idea of bouncing universes starting from scratch with a clear state in entropy is impossible:

https://arxiv.org/abs/1010.5513

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