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Which of these evolutionary paths is the fate of our sun?

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Question asked by: u00sxc6

Asked on: 23 Oct 2009
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Our sun will expand to become a red giant, and it will get much cooler and a lot larger.

Infact it will get so large relative to its current size that it will eventually engulf the earth!

It will not explode like a supernova because it is not big enough.

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Replied at: 25 Oct 2009
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