2013-12-12

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TED-Ed

The shape, contents and future of the universe are all intricately related. We know that it's mostly flat; we know that it's made up of baryonic matter (like stars and planets), but mostly dark matter and dark energy; and we know that it's expanding constantly, so that all stars will eventually burn out into a cold nothingness. But is there any beauty in this dark ending?

Animation by Giant Animation Studios.