The Big Issue

Doomed universe

I am not in any way a morbid person.

The concept of death, in general, is not something I’ve ever made peace with. I am perfectly happy to assume that I, all my loved ones, and everybody’s pets, are immortal, destined to live, peacefully, forever.This illusion has become rather difficult to maintain, however, now that a significant part of my professional life is focused on the inevitable destruction of the universe itself.

Like many people, my fascination with the universe started at the, I decided that I wanted his job: I, too, would become a cosmologist.

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