• Question: when will the sun explode

    Asked by anon-223213 to Valerio, Sreejita, Sam, Kate, Anastasia, Adam on 12 Nov 2019.
    • Photo: Kate Winfield

      Kate Winfield answered on 12 Nov 2019:

      Eventually (in five or seven billion years time), the Sun’s life will come to an end. Our star will swell up, becoming something called a “Red Giant” star. It might even get so big that it swallows the Earth whole.

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