Too much mass, and the universe would contract and collapse on itself.

Lecter being so dumb as to think if the universe contracted, time would reverse?

Beyond the ship, the universe had contracted into a blue sphere near the bow and a red sphere behind the fins at the stern.

The other universe has contracted beyond the danger point.

I thought relativity without the cosmological constant suggested that the universe would contract, not expand.

At the end of next week, however, the universe will contract just a bit and Fremont News, at least, will fall even further behind.

All his universe contracted, focused, became incorporated in the four iron spikes that held him from life and freedom.

Faster and faster, the universe contracted until all of it existed in an area that seemed little larger than Renark's hand.

"A universe cannot contract beyond its lowest state of information."

All information about whether the universe was contracting or expanding had been lost.