This web page just barely scratches the surface of what is one of the largest and most intriguing questions in physics: is there an end? New discoveries in other related fields of science such as particle physics and quantum mechanics are providing for a clearer picture all the time of what the true answer may be. Computer simulations of Universal evolution may also one day be able to give us a definate answer. One thing is certain though: for now, we only have a rough idea and there is still much work to be done before we can definitively answer this grand question.

Please examine these fascinating links for more insight:

An interesting film about simulating universal evolution with supercomputers

An article on examining supernovae to learn more about the Cosmological Constant

A brief description of the Cosmological Constant itself

An Essay by Alan Gurth, originator of the Inflationary Universe Theory, and some of its implications