
, Space Health Environment Humans Tech Nature Physics Society Opinion Explainer About Us Our Team Follow Us Daily Newsletter Contact Privacy Privacy Manager Accessibility Terms 2025 ScienceAlert Pty Ltd Universe Will Start to Shrink in Just 7 Billion Years , Claims Study Space 07 July 2025 By Mark Thompson , Universe Today Could our Universe be headed for a Big Crunch after all Mark Garlick Science Photo Library For generations , humans have gazed at the stars and wondered about the ultimate fate of the Universe . Will it expand forever into the cold emptiness , or meet a more dramatic end A new study published by physicists from Cornell University , Shanghai Jiao Tong University , and other institutions suggests we may finally have an answer , and it's surprisingly . specific Using data