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There are two theories that are widely accepted: The one you listed, in which the universe shrinks back into itself which would provide it's own explanation for the Big Bang Theory (BTW, the Sun is going to expand first and then shrink). The other one is that the universe expands until it runs out of energy and dies a figurative "heat death". Once everything stops moving, the universe will be effectively dead. Of the two, the second one is MUCH more widely accepted than the first.
I guess whoever decided to bring up theories on the death of the universe on the news had nothing better to report on, like Paris Hilton's manicure or whatever.Edit: The reason the second theory is much more widely accepted is because it has been shown that the universe is accelerating away from where it was first believed to have originated.
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