Podcast HackHow Will the Universe End?By The Joy of Why, Steven Strogatz, Dr. Katie Mack
In a Nutshell
In this February 2023 episode of The Joy of Why podcast, host Steven Strogatz speaks to theoretical cosmologist Dr. Katie Mack about five different ways scientists think our universe could come to an end.
Favorite Quote
There's a lot of talk about the beginning, about the Big Bang, but very little about the end.
Dr. Katie Mack
Introduction
You've heard of the Big Bang, but what about the Big Rip or the Big Crunch?
The basic scientific explanation of how the universe began is familiar to us, but we tend not to hear about how it might end. Scientists have several theories about what this could look like.
Theoretical cosmologist Dr. Katie Mack is the author of The End of Everything (Astrophysically Speaking). She joins host Steven Strogatz on this February 2023 episode of The Joy of Why, a scientific and mathematical podcast from Quanta Magazine.
Mack outlines the five primary theories that explain how our universe will be destroyed.
Here are the 3 key insights from this Hack
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