New Clues for What Will Happen When the Sun Eats the Earth
The Quanta Podcast
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The Future of the Solar System as the Sun Expands
The chapter explores the potential fate of Earth and other inner planets as the Sun expands and potentially engulfs them in about 5 billion years when it runs out of fuel. Astronomers analyze the mass loss rate of the Sun and study other sun-like stars to predict the possible scenarios.
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