Wired·5 min read·medium
Good News! Turns Out the Earth Will Never Be Swallowed by the Sun
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New research published in Astronomy & Astrophysics suggests that Earth may survive the Sun's transition into a red giant billions of years from now. While the planet will likely become uninhabitable due to heat, it may not be swallowed by the Sun as previously predicted.
Scientists have long estimated that in about 5 billion years, the sun will run out of fuel, first expanding into a red giant and eventually becoming a white dwarf that will continue cooling for tens—if not hundreds—of billions of years. Amid this dramatic sequence of cosmic events, the fate of Earth remains uncertain.
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