Heat death of the universe

The heat death of the universe or just heat death is a theory about how our universe might end. It would involve entropy reaching its maximum state and thermodynamics ceasing. It will not happen for a extremely long time. The very earliest estimates place it as 10^100 years from now, or one with one hundred zeros. It may take even far longer than that.

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