<ul><li>Astrophysicists' current models suggest the universe could end in around 10¹¹⁰⁰ years, but new calculations indicate it could end much sooner due to the nature of black hole particles.</li><li>A study published in the Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics suggests that stellar remnants due to decay could take only 10⁷⁸ years before the universe's demise, attributed to Hawking radiation.</li><li>Hawking radiation, theorized by Stephen Hawking, introduces a scenario where particles can escape black holes, causing a slow decay of the universe over time.</li><li>The revised calculation considering Hawking radiation puts the demise of the universe at 10⁷⁸ years, affecting objects like white dwarfs, neutron stars, and black holes.</li></ul>

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