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What Is The End Of The World Going To Feel Like?

But Why: A Podcast for Curious Kids

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Exploding Stars Could Be the End of the World

Professor O'Mira says the sun will eventually run out of fuel. The inside of the star starts to crunch down and it gets really, really big. It can get so big that Mercury and Venus would be stuck inside the sun's atmosphere. But we know when this is going to happen and it's not going to happen for about 5 billion years.

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