• Question: Is it true that one day the sun will explode and destroy earth?

    Asked by Issy123 to Andres on 9 Nov 2016. This question was also asked by Startaculous, 777astg52.
    • Photo: Andres Olivares del Campo

      Andres Olivares del Campo answered on 9 Nov 2016:


      Not at all!
      What will happen first is that the Sun will burn all its Hydrogen and stop shining light, then it will start becoming smaller and smaller, lowering it is temperature, but the Sun it is not big enough to explode, it will probably remain as a small, very faint star.

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