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SUMMARY:Honorary Fellows Lecture - Cosmic extinction - the far future of o
 ur Universe - Professor Carlos Frenk\, Ogden Professor of Fundamental Phys
 ics\, Durham
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CONTACT:Beverley Larner
DESCRIPTION:Abstract:In the first part of this talk I will focus on the  q
 uestion of whether we are alone in the Universe. Planets\, some similar to
  the Earth\, have now been discovered beyond the Solar system but uncertai
 n factors prevent a robust estimate of the probability that intelligent li
 fe has             evolved outside our planet. In any case\, if it persist
 s\, the human species (or its descendants) will have to find a new home in
  about a billion years from now when life (as we know it) will become impo
 ssible on Earth.\n\n  In the second part I will discuss the evolution of o
 ur entire universe\, from a fraction of a second after the Big Bang to the
  present\, reviewing the known processes that have given rise to the galax
 ies and stars around which life might exist. I will then discuss the long-
 term future of our Universe\, be that infinite expansion\, a 'big crunch' 
 or a 'big rip'. I will end with a brief discussion of the possibility that
  there might be other universes besides our own.
LOCATION:Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre\, Department of Chemistry
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