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  • The universe expanding faster than the speed of light is the current theory, so there should be endless amounts of research to pursue if you would like to figure out how/why.

    In layman’s terms, the actual matter of the universe is not “moving away from eachother” in the classical sense. The space in between said matter is growing/expanding, possibly due to “dark energy” which is just the word we give to describe the act of the universe expanding. So “dark energy” is just a placeholder until we figure out how/why, but that is what you should look more into if you want to find out more.








  • I believe there have been multiple sci-fi stories written about such concepts. It would go to assume that any civilization still around in 10^43 years from now will have no choice but to live around black holes while harnessing their rotational energy. My current favorite series, Xeelee Sequence by Stephen Baxter, explores some possible endings of life in the long-term life cycle of the universe. There is also the final book of the Three Body Problem, which if I remember correctly, shows civilizations in pocket universes around black holes.

    There is a YouTube video you may want to watch by Isaac Arthur. It mentions the possibility of combining black holes to elongate their life, and I won’t spoil the final answer for you. But like always, entropy prevails.

    https://youtu.be/pxa0IrZCNzg?si=VeHMJE8nx5hAR-1c