Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
NASA Chandra Space Telescope Collection
Name:
The Big Crunch
Description:
MPEG This animation shows another possible future for the Universe, where dark energy eventually leads to a slowing of the expansion of the Universe, followed by a recollapse, the so-called "big crunch". In some ways this scenario resembles the Big Bang in reverse.
[Run Time: 0:08]
Caption:
Credit: NASA/STScI/G.Bacon
UID:
SPD-CHAND-photo/2004 /darkenergy/big_crun ch_lg.mov
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