Originally Posted by Darkland

Interesting indeed, but my problem with this theory is the suppostion that the universe will end in a "Big Crunch" which has yet to have any solid proof any such event will ever happen.

We don't even know all there is about our own solar system, let alone our galaxy, neighboring galaxies and the universe at large. Among scientists there are 3 agreed possible outcomes of the universes ultimate fate.

In regarding the 3 below one must consider that the universe already contains all the energy and matter that it ever will. No new energy or matter can be created.

1. That the universe truly is infinite and always will be. The current argument against this was lost years ago amongst the steady state advocates to the big bangers.

2. That the universe continues to expand at an exponential rate and continues to do so, stretching ever thinner, cooling down and eventually dying a chilly death.

3. That the universe expands to its explosive limit (depleted energy from the big bang) and it begins to contract upon itself back to the origin of singularity. Also know as the "Big Crunch", some scientists also believe that this is a repetitive event driven phenomenon. Meaning there have been multiple "Big Bangs" and "Big Crunches", driven by a singular event, with each successive expansion being smaller and smaller.