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Exploding Black Dwarfs Could Be the ‘Last Interesting Thing to Happen in the Universe’ – Gizmodo Australia
“This is the way the world ends,” said T. S. Elliot in his famous poem, “Not with a bang but a whimper.” These days, scientists consider the heat-death of the universe to be the whimper, but a new theoretical analysis predicts that the cosmos will breathe its…
This is the way the world ends, said T. S. Elliot in his famous poem, Not with a bang but a whimper. These days, scientists consider the heat-death of the universe to be the whimper, but a new theoretical analysis predicts that the cosmos will breathe its final gasp in the form of exploding black dwarfs.
Trillions upon trillions of years from now, long after the last stars have fizzled out, the heaviest black dwarfs will start to go supernova, according to new research published in Monthly Noti…
