We’ve known for ages that the universe’s ultimate fate is a frozen, empty void once stars burn out and black holes evaporate—and that seems pretty final. But in their latest video, Kurzgesagt teases a cosmic “loophole” that might let life (or at least information-processing machines) eke out existence long past heat death, crunching the last bits of energy and squeezing out as much “life” as physics allows.
They break down the daunting timeline—stars dying, galaxies dissolving, black holes evaporating—and then walk through speculative ideas for harvesting every last joule of usable energy. It’s equal parts mind-bending cosmology and hopeful sci-fi thought experiment, with plenty of sources if you want to geek out on the details.
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