Update on the End of the Universe

Another theory to the end of the Universe is called the "Big Rip".

If the universe is filled with a type of energy called "phantom energy", which is an energy that counteracts with gravity and which some cosmologists believe is causing the Universe to expand, then the Universe will continue to expand forever. Therefore, the distance between galaxies, then star systems, then stars and planets, will eventually get farther. When the different bodies in the Universe cannot interact at all, either through gravity, electromagnetic force (e.g. light), weak force, and strong force, then they will be ripped apart. Near the end of the Universe, the galaxies will continue to move away from each other at an astounding rate, and then eventually the star systems (including our own Solar System) will get pulled apart, and at the end, all particles will be ripped apart and cease to exist.

A very violent end to our Universe, eh?