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Big Rip

This animation demonstrates that if Dark Energy became stronger than Einstein's predictions, the universe would be torn apart. This would lead to a "Big Rip" where the universe ultimately expands so violently that the galaxies, the stars, planets, and finally atoms would come unglued in a catastrophic end of time.
  • Release Date
    February 20, 2004
  • Science Release
    New Clues About the Nature of Dark Energy: Einstein May Have Been Right After All
  • Credit
    Greg Bacon (STScI)

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Last Updated
Mar 28, 2025
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Claire Andreoli
NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center
Greenbelt, Maryland
claire.andreoli@nasa.gov