Time will tell
Will Earth even survive to see the red giant Sun?
Published:
September 28, 2004
| When the Sun becomes a red giant — in about 6 billion years — it will balloon to at least 100 times its current size, scorching the inner planets. Earth may escape total annihilation, but the oceans will boil and the land will burn, rendering our planet uninhabitable. |
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