Universe decay prediction revised: scientists say the universe will decay in 10⁷⁸ years, a much sooner heat death than expected. Apocalypse planners, update your calendars: cosmic doom has been fast-tracked by a few trillion trillion trillion years.

If you’re picturing cosmic objects gently fading out, think again: the team’s recalculation means even the stubborn white dwarf stars—once thought to outlast it all—will dissolve in a mere 10⁷⁸ years, compressing the timeline for the universe’s heat death into a blink, cosmically speaking. This “Hawking radiation” twist is already a hot topic in astrophysics news, as experts like Heino Falcke suggest it could reshape how we imagine the universe’s final act—faster, weirder, and far less eternal than anyone guessed.