• Question: will the sun ever hit our planet

    Asked by jomit to Peter, Mark, Katharine, Jony, Ben on 20 Nov 2011.
    • Photo: Peter Williams

      Peter Williams answered on 18 Nov 2011:

      when it enters it’s red giant phase in a few billion years it will swell up and engulf the earth. so we should have our bags packed by then

    • Photo: Mark Basham

      Mark Basham answered on 20 Nov 2011:

      Here is a nice description of what will happen to our sun when it becomes a red giant, and also what happens to other stars as they go through there life cycle.

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