Don't Panic, But the Sun Will (Far) Outlive Earth (Op-Ed)
Friday, February 13, 2015 - 01:30
in Astronomy & Space
In a few billion years, the sun will become a red giant so large that it will engulf our planet. But the Earth will become uninhabitable much sooner than that. After about a billion years the sun will become hot enough to boil our oceans.