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Improve your problem solving skills with Brilliant! Get your first 30 days free as well as 20% off an annual premium subscription when you use my link ➜ https://brilliant.org/sabine. Today I look at a shocking new calculation that suggests the universe might end much sooner than scientists previously thought, because stars themselves might be 'evaporating'. In this episode of our science news, I break down what's behind these claims and explore whether this cosmic doomsday scenario holds up to scrutiny. Paper: https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1475-7516/2025/05/023 🤓 Check out my new quiz app ➜ http://quizwithit.com/ 💌 Support me on Donorbox ➜ https://donorbox.org/swtg 📝 Transcripts and written news on Substack ➜ https://sciencewtg.substack.com/ 👉 Transcript with links to references on Patreon ➜ https://www.patreon.com/Sabine 📩 Free weekly science newsletter ➜ https://sabinehossenfelder.com/newsletter/ 👂 Audio only podcast ➜ https://open.spotify.com/show/0MkNfXlKnMPEUMEeKQYmYC 🔗 Join this channel to get access to perks ➜ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1yNl2E66ZzKApQdRuTQ4tw/join 🖼️ On instagram ➜ https://www.instagram.com/sciencewtg/ #science #sciencenews #physics #astrophysics