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New estimate suggests that the most persistent stellar objects may decay away via Hawking radiation within the next 1078 ...

Researchers have greatly advanced the timeline of when the universe will cease to exist. But don’t worry, it’ll still be ...

Prepare yourself for the end of times as scientists have apparently pinpointed when the end of the universe will be ...

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New calculations suggest that the universe's most enduring celestial objects, such as white dwarf stars, are decaying faster ...

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Previous studies that didn’t factor Hawking radiation into their equations have put a white dwarf’s lifespan at 10¹¹⁰⁰ years.