Current science and cosmology tell us the Universe will slowly die and ebb away countless trillions of trillions of years from now, but another model - the Big Rip - says that end may come far sooner, ripped apart by dark energy. Could civilizations survive the Universe itself being torn apart at the atomic scale? The first 1,000 people to use this link will get a 1 month free trial of Skillshare: https://skl.sh/isaacarthur01221 Watch the Video Version: https://youtu.be/k0rkRYXlYww Visit our Website: http://www.isaacarthur.net Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/IsaacArthur Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1583992725237264/ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/IsaacArthur/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/Isaac_A_Arthur on Twitter and RT our future content. SFIA Discord Server: https://discord.gg/53GAShE Credits: Civilizations at the End of Time: The Big Rip Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur Episode 326; January 20, 2022 Produced, Written, and Narrated by Isaac Arthur Editors: Darius Said Yamagishi Cover Art: Jakub Grygier https://www.artstation.com/jakub_grygier Graphics: Jeremy Jozwik https://www.artstation.com/zeuxis_of_losdiajana Ken York of YD Visual https://www.facebook.com/YDVisual/ Udo Schroeter Music Courtesy of: Markus Junnikkala https://www.markusjunnikkala.com/ Lombus https://lombus.bandcamp.com AJ Prasad https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xA8-7qwaEPU Stellardrone https://stellardrone.bandcamp.com