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Current estimates about the universe’s lifespan give it about 10^1000 years before everything has collapsed to black holes and the black holes have evaporated. But in a new paper, physicists claim that this might happen in just 10^78 years, as they say that stars can evaporate in a similar manner to black holes. Really? Let’s take a look.

Paper: https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1475-7516/2025/05/023

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