Evidence for the Big Rip . For decades, astronomers have been attempting to measure the strength of dark energy. They do this through a number known as the equation of state parameter, ...

It started with a Big Bang and it'll end with a Big Rip. Maybe. A new mathematical model has been revealed that supports the idea that the universe could tear itself apart in 22 billion years, in ...

A group of scientists claim to have evidence supporting the Big Rip theory, explaining how the universe will end – in 22 billion years. Researchers at Vanderbilt University in Nashville ...

If ever a book risked being labeled "unsuitable for beach reading," it might well be "Full Rip 9.0: The Next Big Earthquake in the Pacific Northwest." Author Sandi Doughton surveys the science and ...

Open Yale Courses: Dark Energy, the Accelerating Universe, and the Big Rip In this video, Yale astronomer Charles Bailyn reviews the evidence for dark matter and dark energy and presents the ...

The universe is set to be destroyed in a “big rip” that will suck the whole of reality into a dreadful nightmarish vortex of nothingness.

Big Rip theory suggests universe will be pulled apart in 22 billion years. Reuters The latest formula was based on one developed in the 1950s by French mathematician André Lichnerowicz.