{"id":51168,"date":"2015-08-11T15:30:14","date_gmt":"2015-08-11T15:30:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/127.0.0.1\/site\/2017\/2\/1985\/npr_new_research_explores_why_the_universe_is_dying\/"},"modified":"2015-08-11T15:30:14","modified_gmt":"2015-08-11T15:30:14","slug":"npr_new_research_explores_why_the_universe_is_dying","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=51168","title":{"rendered":"(NPR) New Research Explores Why The Universe Is Dying"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An international team of astronomers says new data shows energy output measured across more than 200,000 galaxies is only about half as strong as it was two billion years ago. Scientists point to this latest study as further evidence that the universe is slowly dying.<\/p>\n<p>The Galaxy And Mass Assembly (GAMA) project presented the data at an international astronomical gathering in Hawaii. The survey finds the universe&#8217;s fading is taking place &#8220;across all in wavelengths from the ultraviolet to the far infrared,&#8221; according to a press release.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Universe will decline from here on in, sliding gently into old age,&#8221; said Simon Driver a professor at The University of Western Australia who also leads the GAMA team. &#8220;The Universe has basically sat down on the sofa, pulled up a blanket and is about to nod off for an eternal doze,&#8221; Simon said in the statement.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/thetwo-way\/2015\/08\/10\/431254458\/new-research-explores-why-the-universe-is-dying\">Read it all<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An international team of astronomers says new data shows energy output measured across more than 200,000 galaxies is only about half as strong as it was two billion years ago. Scientists point to this latest study as further evidence that<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=51168\">Read more &#8250;<\/a><\/div>\n<p><!-- end of .read-more --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":794,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39,133,95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-51168","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-culture-watch","category-history","category-science-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51168","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/794"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=51168"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51168\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=51168"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=51168"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=51168"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}