Big Rip
noun
A theory about the end of the universe holding that the accelerating forces driving its expansion will eventually rend all currently organized matter.In the latest model, published online last week, the universe instead ends with a Big Rip - every galaxy, star, planet, molecule, and atom torn asunder - 21 billion years from now....
- This opens the possibility of a Big Rip, in which the expansion rate increases without bound until it reaches infinity at some finite time in the future.
- This is a fun idea to think about, but some observers took it too seriously, and began phrasing their limits in terms of how many years would have to pass before there would be a Big Rip.
Origin
Early 21st century: on the pattern of Big Bang.
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