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Old 31-12-2010, 12:25 PM
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Originally Posted by Bassnut View Post
so, since the age of the universe to any (free) photon is essentially instantaneous, they cant die of old age, they last for ever (to the universe), so in the "end", the universe will be full of just photons?.

Fred you have just postulated a subset of Olber's Paradox. If the Universe has always existed the night sky would be a bright as the Sun. It obviously is not!
Therefore the Universe is finite in age.
If there are just photons there is no more interaction so no more Universe. THE END!

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