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Universe's Lifespan Cut: Neutron Stars Evaporate Rapidly

5/13/2025

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Neutron stars and white dwarfs are slowly evaporating, according to researchers at Radboud University, drastically reducing the universe's lifespan from an unfathomable 10^1100 to 10^78 years. This discovery, akin to black hole evaporation, highlights the inevitable decay of even the densest cosmic entities, yet the universe's demise still lies eons away.

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Neutron stars and white dwarfs are slowly evaporating, according to researchers at Radboud University, drastically reducing the universe's lifespan from an unfathomable 10^1100 to 10^78 years. This discovery, akin to black hole evaporation, highlights the inevitable decay of even the densest cosmic entities, yet the universe's demise still lies eons away.