Lecture, Conway Hall, Wednesday, 24 Sep 2025 - 19:00

How It Ends: What We Know about the Fate of the Universe

Image of a black hole

How will it all end? Predicting the far future of our Universe depends on understanding its present. This lecture starts with what seems to be a paradox in modern cosmology: that we have a model that does a fantastic job of explaining what we see, but which says 95% of the Universe is in forms (dark matter and dark energy) that we don’t understand. From there, we get a quick tour of the next 100 billion years – and speculate how the Universe’s end may hold the secrets of its beginnings.

Professor Chris Lintott

Professor Chris Lintott

Gresham Professor of Astronomy

Professor Chris Lintott is a Professor of Astrophysics at the University of Oxford, and a Research Fellow at New College.

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