The Big Rip Theory might be the scariest scenario for the end of everything we’ve come across. Top image of the Andromeda Galaxy, via NASA/JPL-Caltech. What happens in the Big Rip?

Scientists have discovered that the Universe could collapse in a phenomenon known as the “Big Crunch”. A recent cosmological model—developed by researchers at Cornell and Shanghai Jiao Tong—proposes ...

The Big Rip. Our universe is expanding. It happens because of a mysterious form of energy know as "dark energy." ... Similar to this theory (and the Big Bang) is the Big Bounce.

With the known measurement constraints, the Big Rip wouldn't play out for hundreds of billions of years. So, in the meantime, we can enjoy the nice, calm, steady cosmos.

In an interview with Stephen Colbert, Tyson explained the “Big Rip” theory, which describes how the universe might end. The cosmological theory states that the expanding Universe could rip ...

Tyson explains the "Big Rip" theory is based on cosmic expansion, which says the universe continues to expand after the "Big Bang," and all of the energy and matter within it has remained constant.