because from any point in space, you will see the planets and stars and space moving AWAY from that point. aka, the universe is most definitely expanding, not being pulled back together. have you ever seen an explosion UN-explode and neatly compact back into itself?

i haven't. the big bang prooobably won't ever become the big suck.

i just read that article about the cyclicing universe. it sounded really good, i'd already read stuff about the Branes and whatnot, but not about our universe eventually expanding to the point of nothing-ness and starting all over....

but still, if something is cyclical, doesn't that, too, mean that the cycle had to start somewhere?

chickens and eggs are cycles... which came first...