I've always liked the idea of a cyclical universe and found the entropic heat death of the universe as its final fate somewhat unsatisfying. It seems the Big Crunch model has returned as a viable possibility.
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The Universe “Will End in a Big Crunch,” Physicists Warns
Dark-energy evidence suggests the universe will end in a “big crunch” roughly 20 billion years from now. The universe is nearing the halfway point of what may be a 33-billion-year lifespan, according ...