Is the universe heading towards a Big Freeze, a Big Rip, a Big Crunch, or a Big Bounce? Or is it part of an infinitely

Question: Is the universe heading towards a Big Freeze, a Big Rip, a Big Crunch, or a Big Bounce? Or is it part of an infinitely recurring cyclic model?
- Keywords:
  Big Crunch,
  Big Rip,
  universe
Asked by Emily to Jackie on 13 Mar 2015.
- Jaclyn Bell answered on 13 Mar 2015:
  
  Like I answered your previous question I really don’t know, there are so many theories out there and not much evidence to suggest which one is true! I would like to think it was heading towards a Big Bounce due to conservation of energy and so we couldn’t just “disappear” and there be nothing left – where would the energy go?

Question: Is the universe heading towards a Big Freeze, a Big Rip, a Big Crunch, or a Big Bounce? Or is it part of an infinitely recurring cyclic model?