20200817

More “End of the Universe” Crap


PSI Blog 20200817 More “End of the Universe” Crap

Discredit: New Scientist

Readers know the universe is infinite—it had no beginning and will have not end. And they also know that “Dark Energy” was invented to save the Big Bang Theory—energy does not exist; it is a calculation. I was especially amused by New Scientist pushing the following two propaganda pieces in their lecture series. They even have the nerve to charge 12£ for such nonsense.


Here it is straight from the “national enquirer of science”:

"THE END OF THE UNIVERSE

We know the universe had a beginning and physicists agree that one day it will end, but how will it finish? Will our universe collapse in upon itself, rip itself apart, or even – in the next five minutes – succumb to an inescapable expanding bubble of doom?

Drawing on cutting-edge theory and brand new results from the most powerful telescopes and particle colliders, theoretical astrophysicist Katie Mack, explores five possible finales for the universe and what they would look like  (if anyone were still around to see them): the Big Crunch, Heat Death, Vacuum Decay, the Big Rip and the Bounce.”

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WILL DARK ENERGY DESTROY THE UNIVERSE?

After 14 billion years, you might expect the expansion of the cosmos to be slowing down.  Professor of astrophysics at the University of Sussex, Kathy Romer describes the mysterious substance, known as dark energy, that seems to be causing the universe to rip itself apart and introduces a new generation of industrial-scale international astronomy projects seeking to explore the underlying physics.”

Egads!

Sorry this email notification came too late for you to enjoy this latest attempt to spread Cosmogonical Fake News. Oh well, maybe they will have a video you could watch for giggles.