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The universe is incomprehensively vast. Nonetheless, some day it will cease to exist as we currently perceive it. The sun will use up all its fuel and die in about 5 billion years or so. At that time the solar system will no longer be habitable. Will humans be around at that time? No one knows.

The theory that currently has the most support in explaining what we think will end the universe is one called "The Big Freeze". The big freeze theory claims that the universe will continue to expand until it reaches nearly absolute zero and all things cease to move. This is supposed to happen in about 10100 years. For comparison the universe is currently 13.7 Billion years old (13,700,000,000) where as the big freeze would happen in approximately 10100 (100,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000, 000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000) years, and the entire history of the human race is a mere 200,000 years.

It is important to note that even if/when the big freeze occurred, the universe would still exist. it would merely be lifeless and void of all movement. Also, because matter and energy are nearly synonymous as far as physics is concerned (E=mc^2), there would still be movement on a super-subatomic level. The most recent theory regarding this being the string theory, but back to the main question.

It is possible to theorize that since the universe has a defined beginning, as calculated by Stephen Hawking, that it could have a legitimate end as well. speaking purely philosophically, it would seem that a finite universe, which has a beginning, may necessarily have an end that we do not know; the other theory would be that the universe could cease to exist upon the same grounds, which brought it into existence. I speak philosophically here because physics cannot be used to define knowledge of events that took place outside of our universe and thus outside of our laws and confines of natural science
Answer: No, the universe is Bounded, no beginning or end.

The Universe will change not cease to exist.

Answer: Although the Universe has a clear beginning (with the Big Bang), it seems it won't have a clearly-defined end - it will just continue expanding. However, a time will come when it won't be able to support any type of life, because of the Second Law of Thermodynamics. In other words, all useful energy will have been used up.

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