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‘Black Dwarf Supernova’: Physicist calculates when the last supernova ever will happen

An artist’s concept of a dark brown dwarf, which may resemble the black dwarfs predicted to form in the future. (NASA / JPL-Caltech )

The end of the universe as we know it will not come with a bang. Most stars will very, very slowly fizzle as their temperatures fade to zero.

“It will be a bit of a sad, lonely, cold place,” said theoretical physicist Matt Caplan, who added no one will be around to witness this long farewell happening in the far far future. Most believe all will be dark as the universe comes to an end. “It’s known as ‘heat death,’ where the universe will be mostly black holes and burned-out stars,” said Caplan, who imagined a slightly different picture when he calculated how some of these dead stars might change over the eons.

Punctuating the darkness...

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