HOW THE UNIVERSE WILL END; But there's no need to rush your cornflakes . . . it won't happen for a few billion years! From: The Daily Mail (London, England) | Date: August 22, 2003| Author: Hanlon, Michael | COPYRIGHT 2003 Solo Syndication Limited. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Byline: MICHAEL HANLON

GO OUTSIDE on any clear night and look up into the sky. You will see stars, countless thousands of them. Each one, like our own Sun, is a blazing furnace; a seething nuclear explosion whose light shines across the cosmos.

It is a beautiful sight. Treasure it. For it won't always be like this.

For scientists have now realised that at some future date, the Universe will be as black as velvet; the stars a forgotten memory. Life ...