From: utzoo!decvax!duke!harpo!eagle!mhuxt!wald Newsgroups: net.physics Title: Hawking lifespan of Universe Article-I.D.: mhuxt.1036 Posted: Thu Aug 12 08:13:08 1982 Received: Sat Aug 14 06:08:24 1982 Read something that is bothering me (in Aug 82 Sky and Telescope). According to the article a black hole with the mass of our universe will "evaporate" (I think that's the right word) in 1.7 * 10**135 years. Does this explain the possible singularity of the big bang. I.e. if the universe is collapsing will the big bang cycle take place approx. every 10**135 years. Is it reasonable to ask where the particles escaping the universal black hole are going? The article "Opinautics: a matter of much gravity" is one of these strange articles discussing anti future universes - I'm intrigued but can't claim to truely follow the concepts.