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At some point wouldn't gravity override the expansion and cause a contraction again?
Heres a great source
It explains why the universe will have a cold death instead of a heat death.
Right now the universe is expanding and its expanding faster today than yesterday. Things could change, but current math points to a cold death
I always interpreted "heat death" as "the death of heat" instead of "a hot death"
You are correct and I misremembered it. "The Big Freeze" and "Heat Death" are the same thing. Thats when everything expands until there is no more heat.
If someone knows the correct terms for what I am talking about please let me know. Let me explain further.
What I am talking about is the opposite of heat death, which is somehow in my mind at a hot death? Basically, where everything goes back to one singularity instead of expanding forever.
Big crunch is what I've heard it called but I don't know if that's what you're thinking of. Googling that might give you a start though.