[staplung]

In fact, we might have a different problem: dark energy should tear the grid up into (very large) bits. I guess the question is then would the bits then collapse into black holes or not. I assume so since the mass would not longer be perfectly balanced.

[pixl97]

Guess we'll have to wait for an actual answer on dark energy and universal expansion.

What it collapses into depends on the time for the bits to coalesce into. If it's a slow collapse you could get a mass large enough to form a neutron star (like thing) instead of black holes.

If those neutron stars crash into each other they can release a large amount of 'recycled' matter from all over the atomic spectrum back into this universe.