By Tom Goodenough
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People often say that time speeds up as we age, but if the latest scientific theory is true the opposite could well be the case.
The radical theory by academics suggests that time itself could be slowing down - and may eventually grind to a halt altogether.
The latest mind-bending findings - put forward by researchers working at two Spanish universities - proposes that we have all been fooled into thinking the universe is expanding.
A computer visualization of dark matter in the Universe which scientists have previously battled to explain
In fact, they say, time itself is slowing down until eventually, in billions of years time, it will cease altogether.
Although the findings might sound worrying, however, it's probably not worth losing any sleep over, or indeed spending too long mulling over.
According to scientists, the gradual loss of time is not noticeable to the human eye.
And anyway, they say, we'll all be long gone by the time time really does end.
Professor Senovilla told New Scientist magazine: 'Everything will be frozen, like a snapshot of one instant, forever.
A picture from the Hubble Space Telescope which scientists believed showed so-called 'dark energy' spurring the expansion of the universe
'Our planet will be long gone by then.'
Scientists have previously measured the light from distant exploding stars to show that the universe is expanding at a rapid rate.
The accepted theory is based on the idea that a kind of anti-gravitational force - known as 'dark energy' - must be driving galaxies apart.
However, the scientists working on the latest theory say that we're looking at thing backwards.
And Senovilla proposes that the current assumption has got it all wrong - with the appearance of acceleration instead caused by time gradually slowing.
It might sound difficult to believe, but a cosmologist at Cambridge University, says the idea is not without substance:
'We believe that time emerged during the Big Bang, and if time can emerge, it can also disappear - that's just the reverse effect.'
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Just rubbish, Almighty God made the world, and He keeps it in place until the time comes,stop worrying and trust in the creator God!
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Light moves faster than sound. That’s why some people appear brighter before you hear them speak!
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The Sky is falling , the Sky is falling , the Universe will crash, Global warming will consume us all, Fresh water is deminishing, The East Anglia deception took us behind the scenes to a sorrid group of scientist keeping this deception going as well as it Government Grants. It is only the tip of the iceburg. Remember Y2k When planes were to drop out of the sky, power plants would stop and the world would be on Chaos. ? This scam cost government and business $millions. Well Y-2k had an expiration date.. The year 2000. The Global warming and crashing Universe crowd learned from Y-2k. Their scam has no exportation date. These scams can go on indefinitly or until the people wake up. Climate change ? Possibly ! But Climate change has been happening for millions of years. Man made climate change? Delusional ! Follow the money, Polution tax, energy tax , Green tax.Carbon tax. FOLLOW THE MONEY !!!
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Spanish scientists likely made a Freudian slip - What they really meant to hypothesize is Time is really running out for Spain (debts and all), not the whole universe. This is a cry for help from the Spaniards.
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A bit of a non story -David, Midlands How can you say that, David? The ultimate fate of the universe, and you say it's a non-story?
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If planet x arrives as predicted by scientist this year we will be long gone so dont need to worry about time stopping ,
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EUSSR, London...... ROFLMAO!!!!!
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"...in the next billion years or so." Should I start saying my goodbyes?
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'Spanish Universities' - Need I say more? Probably too busy ciestaing so came up with this to look like they did something.
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Eventually our entire species as well as life itself will come to end.Everything the human race has ever done will be completely forgotten.It will be as though we had never existed at all.
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