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From my third-floor hotel balcony I could reach out almost to touch the mountain. It seems such a good neighbour. When I walk out by the Li River, the mountain follows me, shadowing my footsteps. I watch the river-boats working their ways across the current towards night-moorings, the fisherman homeward-bound with his cormorants. Poetry by John Allison

Has all this happened before, and will all this happen once again?

As always, Im happy to bring you the best of the comments from this past week, and know that starting  next week, Ill be going back two weeks rather than the standard one in order to make sure that any follow-up comments that need attention get exactly what they deserve. That said, lets jump on in to your Comments of the Week! From James Carlson on the Big Rip scenario: "It could be that entropy doesn’t play to a full house in that the big rip might serve to recreate the universe in a sudden...

Rolling Stone Neil deGrasse Tyson Explains Why End of Earth Is Tired, End of Universe Is Wired on ‘Colbert’ Scientist describes in excruciating detail how the universe’s rapid expansion will ultimately cause a “Big Rip” that will tear us all apart By The Late Show Tuesday, March 2nd. The topics are something Tyson explores in his new book, Cosmic Queries: StarTalk’s Guide to Who We Are, How We Got Here, and Where We’re Going. The scientist quickly ran through the well-k...

We’re hiring a newsletter specialist, audience development analyst, and office co-ordinator. Check it out and spread the word! Stories about the end of the world go back thousands of years, to legends about great floods and the Ragnarok of Norse mythology. Many of them are likely echoes of natural disasters or sudden climate change. Christianity is built on the concept of the end of the world and the transfer of humanity to its permanent homes in heaven or hell. The end of the world is what g...

Scientists have long been asking questions and raising conjectures about the fate of the universe. While modern science has brought us closer to understanding our world, there is still much we don’t know about how old the universe is and how it will end.

It did become extinct eventually, but not through asteroid impacts. Probably because it was unable to retract its neck and succumbed to predators. And it is also extremely unlikely that we are hit by anything even that big. We have found all the 10 km diameter asteroids between Jupiter and the Sun already. Found 90% of the 1 km ones also. The 10 km ones happen only every 100 million years. And given that we have found all except the ones currently way out further away than Jupiter, that makes i...

10 Space Books to Read so the Galactic Federation Will Talk to Us This post contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, Book Riot may earn a commission. You have to have seen the news, or at least the memes that resulted afterwards. If not, here’s the gist: the former head of Israel’s space security program came forward last week saying Israel and the United States had been in contact with the “Galactic Federation” but had been told to keep silent because the rest of hum...

A higher expansion rate of 74 kilometers per 2nd per 2nd discrepancy still needs to be explained. many physicists believe that these glimpses into the cosmos show that the rate of expansion of the universe is increasing. some us astrophysicists have simulated what would happen if the expansion were to keep accelerating. in this scenario known as the big rip the entire fabric of space time would be torn apart galaxies stars planets even atoms the universe as we know it would cease to exist. theor...