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What to Watch: Playoff crunch turns to Talladega for Team Penske, other hopefuls – NASCAR.com

What to Watch: Playoff crunch turns to Talladega for Team Penske, other hopefuls  NASCAR.com NASCAR at Talladega: Key info, links, results for race weekend  NASCAR.com NASCAR Talladega radio coverage: Station, channel, streaming to listen live to 2025 playoff race broadcast  Yahoo Sports Talladega starting lineup: Michael McDowell claims second pole of season  NBC Sports NASCAR Talladega predictions 2025, expert picks for Cup Series race  The …

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Dark matter may end our universe in a ‘Big Crunch’

Dark matter may end our universe in a ‘Big Crunch’

Astrophysicists have presumed for nearly a century that the universe will just keep expanding for all eternity, driven by an invisible force called dark energy. But new data suggest that this is unlikely to occur. The universe will ultimately cease to expand and collapse in a fiery collapse called the “Big Crunch,” say physicists Hoang Nhan Luu, Yu-Cheng Qiu, and …

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New data indicates that the universe will “end in a big crunch”

New data indicates that the universe will “end in a big crunch”

We’ve grown up with the idea that the universe will expand forever, meaning that something called the “cosmological constant” is positive. Space keeps stretching, galaxies drift farther apart, and that seems final. A new analysis suggests that story might be wrong. It argues that expansion could slow, stop, and – far in the future – reverse. This idea posits that …

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Physicist: After 33 billon years, universe ‘will end in a big crunch’

Physicist: After 33 billon years, universe ‘will end in a big crunch’

The universe is approaching the midpoint of its 33-billion-year lifespan, a Cornell physicist calculates with new data from dark-energy observatories. After expanding to its peak size about 11 billion years from now, it will begin to contract – snapping back like a rubber band to a single point at the end.  Henry Tye, the Horace White Professor of Physics Emeritus …

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Crunch time arrives for RFK Jr.'s vaccine advisers – Axios

Crunch time arrives for RFK Jr.’s vaccine advisers  Axios The Hepatitis B Vaccine Is Under Threat. Here’s What to Know.  The New York Times Covid shot access, coverage at stake as RFK Jr.’s hand-picked vaccine panel convenes  CNBC Inside the CDC vaccine panel’s high-stakes meeting: Science, politics and the future of vaccination  CBS News CDC’s vaccine advisers meet this week. Here’s how they could …

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LocalThunk delays Balatro update to avoid “crunch mode”

LocalThunk delays Balatro update to avoid “crunch mode”

Balatro’s 1.1 update has been delayed indefinitely, with creator LocalThunk explaining they’ve returned to working on the game “as a hobbyist.” In a post titled “I’m Slow” published on the developer’s website on September 12, 2025, LocalThunk – the sole developer on the critically acclaimed poker roguelike – revealed that Balatro’s 1.1 update won’t come out in 2025, as previously …

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