Dutch scientists say universe will die sooner than expected
(NewsNation) — New research by Dutch scientists revealed that the universe is expected to die sooner than previously believed, according to new research.
The Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics' newest development comes after a pivotal revision from the previous estimate of 10 to the power of 1,100 years. Despite the change, scientists say people shouldn't be worried as the universe still has 10 to the power of 78 years before it happens — that's a one with 78 zeroes.
'We calculate the creation of virtual pairs of massless scalar particles in spherically symmetric asymptotically flat curved spacetimes,' said author Heino Falcke. 'This calculation is based on covariant perturbation theory with the quantum field representing, e.g., gravitons or photons.'
Chances of asteroid hitting Earth in 2032 fluctuating but small
Data from March 2025 showed a dark energy — a mysterious force that makes up nearly 70% of the universe — may be weakening. The idea of dark energy was first introduced by Albert Einstein in his theory of relativity.
'Now, there is the possibility that everything comes to an end; would we consider that a good thing or a bad thing?' said Mustapha Ishak-Boushaki, cosmologist and study collaborator at the University of Texas at Dallas.
Scientists have also acknowledged that the sun in about a billion years will be too hot, leading to the boiling of our oceans.
Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Hashtags
Try Our AI Features
Explore what Daily8 AI can do for you:
Comments
No comments yet...
Related Articles
Yahoo
2 hours ago
- Yahoo
Lead, arsenic found in popular rice brands: Study
(NewsNation) — Popular rice brands across the United States might contain highly toxic metals, one study has found. A study conducted by Healthy Babies, Bright Future found that out of 145 rice samples nationwide, 100% of them contained arsenic. According to the organization, more than one in four exceeded the FDA's action level for infant cereal. How to keep your dogs safe during summer heat 'No such limit exists for rice itself — the bags and boxes of rice served at family meals — despite it being widely consumed by infants and toddlers,' the report stated. 'Additionally, cadmium was found in all but one sample, with some showing elevated levels.' This would mean that any parents who are making baby food at home that includes homemade rice cereal could risk exposing their children to unsafe levels of arsenic. Overall, the report found four toxic metals in these rice products: Arsenic, cadmium, lead and mercury. HBBF reported that these chemicals can lead to cancer, IQ loss and other health effects. The World Health Organization has said that long-term exposure to arsenic that is in our food and water can cause skin lesions and cancer. Breast cancer vaccine moving to critical phase The reports found arsenic at the highest levels, with cadmium following behind. In a rice that was seasoned with saffron, tests allegedly showed lead levels that were way higher than in other samples. Brown rice that was grown in the Southeast or labeled as 'grown in the USA' had the highest average levels of these toxic metals, according to the study. The tests also found that white rice grown in the Southeast had, on average, a higher level of these heavy metals (particularly arsenic) than rice grown in California. Thai jasmine rice and Indian basmati rice overall contained lower levels of these heavy metals than other rice varieties. Can you lower blood pressure with dark chocolate and tea? However, basmati rice from India (and arborio rice from Italy) showed the highest average levels of cadmium, according to the test results. HBBF's study tested 10 different forms of grain and over 100 brands from stores in 20 metropolitan areas. Some of those areas included Seattle, New York, Miami and Los Angeles. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
The Hill
5 hours ago
- The Hill
Lead, arsenic found in popular rice brands: Study
(NewsNation) — Popular rice brands across the United States might contain highly toxic metals, one study has found. A study conducted by Healthy Babies, Bright Future found that out of 145 rice samples nationwide, 100% of them contained arsenic. According to the organization, more than one in four exceeded the FDA's action level for infant cereal. 'No such limit exists for rice itself — the bags and boxes of rice served at family meals — despite it being widely consumed by infants and toddlers,' the report stated. 'Additionally, cadmium was found in all but one sample, with some showing elevated levels.' This would mean that any parents who are making baby food at home that includes homemade rice cereal could risk exposing their children to unsafe levels of arsenic. Overall, the report found four toxic metals in these rice products: Arsenic, cadmium, lead and mercury. HBBF reported that these chemicals can lead to cancer, IQ loss and other health effects. The World Health Organization has said that long-term exposure to arsenic that is in our food and water can cause skin lesions and cancer. The reports found arsenic at the highest levels, with cadmium following behind. In a rice that was seasoned with saffron, tests allegedly showed lead levels that were way higher than in other samples. Brown rice that was grown in the Southeast or labeled as 'grown in the USA' had the highest average levels of these toxic metals, according to the study. The tests also found that white rice grown in the Southeast had, on average, a higher level of these heavy metals (particularly arsenic) than rice grown in California. Thai jasmine rice and Indian basmati rice overall contained lower levels of these heavy metals than other rice varieties. However, basmati rice from India (and arborio rice from Italy) showed the highest average levels of cadmium, according to the test results. HBBF's study tested 10 different forms of grain and over 100 brands from stores in 20 metropolitan areas. Some of those areas included Seattle, New York, Miami and Los Angeles.
Scientific American
7 hours ago
- Scientific American
Bizarre Quantum Universe
In 2022 three scientists won the Nobel Prize in Physics for proving something astonishing: the universe is not locally real. In other words, particles don't have fixed properties until they are measured. Although it seems to counter everything we perceive, the discovery was established by some of the most rigorous experiments ever conducted, and it aligns with a prediction Albert Einstein and his colleagues made almost 100 years ago: that particles strangely influence one another, even across vast distances. Today quantum strangeness is no longer confined to theory. Researchers are entangling objects large enough to see, quantum computers are on the cusp of solving problems no classical machine can touch, and speculative ideas such as vacuum decay and alternative realities are serious science. The quantum era has arrived. Bizarre quantum dynamics underpin our view of reality: Time travels forward for us, but in the quantum world, it may flow in two directions. Gravity itself may follow quantum rules. Quantum mechanics supports the possibility of alternative universes, but even if they exist, we can't access them (and probably shouldn't anyway). Some physicists argue that quantum rules dictate that everything in the universe is preordained, making free will an illusion, so we might as well accept our current reality. These insights are fueling tremendous scientific innovation. The strongest force in nature, which binds together quarks inside protons and neutrons, may be dictated by quantum interactions. Scientists have found that electrons swarm in a soup of quantum entanglement in a recently discovered class of materials called strange metals. An experiment housed deep underground in a Sardinian mine is designed to determine the weight of empty space —yes, it weighs something—and thereby isolate particles predicted by quantum field theory. To better understand the most inexplicable behavior of quantum particles, physicists have created lattices out of light waves that simulate solid materials. On supporting science journalism If you're enjoying this article, consider supporting our award-winning journalism by subscribing. By purchasing a subscription you are helping to ensure the future of impactful stories about the discoveries and ideas shaping our world today. If many universes exist, the stars and planets that were able to form in ours could be the best evidence for them. But even how matter exists in the first place is a mystery to physicists. The universe seems stable, but an unlikely shift in the Higgs field, a quantum field that pervades all of space, could trigger a bubble that passes through the universe, annihilating all matter. Perhaps the most tangible application of quantum discovery is in computing. The key to quantum computing is the qubit, and it promises to make electronic machines obsolete. In a type of computing arms race, researchers are trying to build systems that can withstand the might of future quantum-armed hackers. Despite the hype and parade of press announcements from big tech, however, so far no company has achieved 'quantum advantage' —that is, a quantum computer able to solve a problem no classical computer can. For corporeal creatures such as humans, grappling with a universe that might not be singular, time that moves in many directions, and matter that both does and does not exist is mind-bending, to say the least. Two giants in early quantum theory, Werner Heisenberg and John Bell, speculated that because we perceive as we do, the mind, in a sense, defines quantum interactions. Its implications are cosmic, but the quantum realm is definitively a human one.
