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I suppose I should start out by confessing that I'm hopelessly ingorant on the subject of physics, so please, be gentle. :)
My question is about the eventual decay of matter into...well, random subatomic particles, or iron...I can't recall what the theorie/s state precisely. But apparently, at some point in the far distant future, all of the matter in the universe will, in laymen's terms, 'fall apart'. Right?
If, hypothetically, there were a group of people in a spaceship traveling at relativistic speeds while the rest of the universe was 'ending', would they be able to postpone their own 'decay' (though obviously they could not competely prevent it) via time dilation?
Also, how long does the universe have until matter-decay renders any biological life assunder?
My question is about the eventual decay of matter into...well, random subatomic particles, or iron...I can't recall what the theorie/s state precisely. But apparently, at some point in the far distant future, all of the matter in the universe will, in laymen's terms, 'fall apart'. Right?
If, hypothetically, there were a group of people in a spaceship traveling at relativistic speeds while the rest of the universe was 'ending', would they be able to postpone their own 'decay' (though obviously they could not competely prevent it) via time dilation?
Also, how long does the universe have until matter-decay renders any biological life assunder?
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