Dutch Scientists Calculate Universe End 10⁷⁸ Years Sooner

Recent research led by Dutch astrophysicists, including Heino Falcke from Radboud University, revises the timeline for the universe's ultimate decay, suggesting cosmic expiration will occur far sooner than previously estimated. Their findings reveal that white dwarf stars, once thought to last up to 10¹¹⁰⁰ years, will actually dissipate after about 10⁷⁸ years due to quantum evaporation processes analogous to Hawking radiation, placing the universe's final demise at a much earlier date. Supermassive black holes remain the last cosmic structures to evaporate, projected at 10¹¹⁰ years. Concurrently, NASA-led studies indicate Earth will become uninhabitable in roughly one billion years due to the Sun's gradual brightening, which will disrupt atmospheric oxygen and carbon dioxide levels, undermining complex life long before stellar or universal decay. These combined insights reinforce the heat death scenario, where continuous expansion and quantum evaporation lead to maximum entropy and the cessation of life and matter as we know it. While the cosmic end remains unimaginably distant, these updated models sharpen our understanding of both planetary and universal futures.