Will we all burn or freeze? The end of the universe, with astrophysicist Katie Mack

When will the sun boil off the earth’s seas? What is the ‘big crunch’? Why are physicists so interested in ‘dark energy’? What kills stars? Watch part 2 here:    • “Torn apart, atom by atom” | The end ...   We know the universe had a beginning. But what happens at the end of the story? A rising star of astrophysics joins How To Academy for a mind-bending tour of the end of the everything. Katie Mack is a theoretical astrophysicist currently teaching out of North Carolina State University. She has studied dark matter, black holes, cosmic strings and the formation of the first galaxies. She has featured on TED, The Royal Institution, Quanta Magazine, NCState, Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics, Big Think, Sean Carroll, and many others. Her book ‘The End of Everything (Astrophysically Speaking)’ was featured on best books of the year lists of The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Economist, New Scientist, Publishers Weekly, and The Guardian. Click SUBSCRIBE for weekly videos featuring the world's most influential people. Welcome to The How To Academy: The Home of Big Thinking. From Nobel laureates to Pulitzer Prize winners, we invite the world’s most influential artists and thinkers to share their insights and ideas in livestreams and live events. We also help businesses inspire clients and staff, and make books, podcasts and films to spread knowledge and innovation across the globe. Visit https://howtoacademy.com/ for our upcoming events.