The Supernova At The End of Time

PBS Member Stations rely on viewers like you. To support your local station, go to: http://to.pbs.org/DonateSPACE ↓ More info below ↓ Sign Up on Patreon to get access to the Space Time Discord! https://www.patreon.com/pbsspacetime Good news everyone: it looks like the universe is going to end with a series of catastrophic explosions. The very, very long story short is that the universe ends in heat death, as it approaches maximum entropy, and its eternal exponential expansion drives it to effective utter emptiness and absolute cold. But new calculations have revealed we may be able to look forward to one last source of astrophysical cataclysms - a new type of supernova that can only happen at the end of the universe. Check out the Space Time Merch Store https://pbsspacetime.com/ Sign up for the mailing list to get episode notifications and hear special announcements! https://mailchi.mp/1a6eb8f2717d/spacetime Hosted by Matt O'Dowd Written by Matt O'Dowd Graphics by Leonardo Scholzer, Yago Ballarini, Pedro Osinski, & Adriano Leal Directed by: Andrew Kornhaber Assistant Producer: Setare Gholipour Executive Producers: Eric Brown & Andrew Kornhaber End Credits Music by J.R.S. Schattenberg: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRl6-nb4iOnsij-vnpAjp0Q Special Thanks to Our Patreon Supporters Big Bang Ahmad Jodeh Alexander Tamas Brodie Rao Clinton Robinson David Nicklas Fabrice Eap Juan Benet Mark Rosenthal Matthew Miller Morgan Hough Radu Negulescu Scott Gray Sean Maddox Quasar Christina Oegren Hank S Mark Heising Vinnie Falco Hypernova Alec S-L Ben Delo chuck zegar Danton Spivey Donal Botkin Edmund Fokschaner Jason Finn John Hofmann John Pollock John R. Slavik Jordan Young Joseph Salomone Julian Tyacke Justin Jermyn L. Wayne Ausbrooks m0nk Mark Matthew Bosko Mathew Matthew O'Connor Nicholas Newlin Timothy McCulloch william bryan Антон Кочков Gamma Ray Burst A G Adrian Hatch AlecZero Andreas Nautsch Andrew Mann Andrew Richmond Anthony Kahng Astaurus Astronauticist Bill Blair Bleys Goodson Bradley Jenkins Brandon labonte Brandon Lattin Brian Blanchard Bruce B Cameron Sampson Cass Costello Christopher Barron Craig Stonaha Dan Warren Daniel Jennings Daniel Lyons Darren Duncan Darryl J Lyle David Hughes David Johnston Dawn M Fink Derek Davis Devon Rosenthal DFaulk DrJYou Endre Pech Eric Kiebler Eric Webster fieldsa eleanory Frederic Simon Geoffrey Clarion Geoffrey Short Graydon Goss Greg Smith Isaac Suttell Ismael Montecel J. King James Ramsey Jeremiah Johnson Jeremy Reed John Funai John Griffith John Robinson Kevin Lee Kevin O'Connell Kevin Warne Kyle Hofer Lily kawaii Luaan Lucas Morgan Malte Ubl Mark Daniel Cohen Martin J Lollar Martin Skans MD3 Michael Barton Michael Conroy Mirik Gogri Mr T Nate Nick Virtue Nickolas Andrew Freeman Oliver Flanagan Patrick Sutton Peter Mertz Pratik Mukherjee Richard Deighton Robert C Schupp Robert Ilardi Robert Walter Russ Creech Scott Gossett Shane Calimlim Simon Oliphant Steven Sartore Tim Stephani Tonyface Tybie Fitzhugh Yannick Weyns Yurii Konovaliuk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices