• Question: when do you think the sun will burn out or do you think it wont?

    Asked by cheesequeen to Claire, Joanna, Kapila, Renata, Suzanne on 26 Jun 2013.
    • Photo: Claire El Mouden

      Claire El Mouden answered on 26 Jun 2013:


      Hiya, it will burn out eventually. First it’ll get really bright and hot (as the sun expands to a size greater than the orbit of the earth and engulfs it) and then it’ll get really dark and cold. But since this is at least several billion years off, I’m not losing sleep over it!

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