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Brian Cox and Robin Ince take a deep dive into the Monkey Cage archive to find out how scared scientists and comedians are about the universe ending. Steve Martin says he\\u2019s happy to burn to a crisp when the sun explodes, but learns he might be more likely to die when galaxies tear each other apart during the \\u2018big rip\\u2019. And if the heat death of the universe really is inevitable, how come some people seem so jolly about it? Having studied this for years, astrophysicist Katie Mack wants to be there when everything ends, prompting Eric Idle to again speculate on the meaning of life.

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Producer: Marijke Peters\\nExecutive Producer: Alexandra Feachem