From the AI apocalypse to a full-blown nuclear war, it seems that there is an almost endless list of things that might cause the end of the world.
But, if those terrifying fates gest us, there is one doomsday event that Earth can’t avoid.
A terrifying graphic reveals how the Sun will grow into a vast ‘red giant’ star, becoming so large that it will be the end of the solar system as we know it.
Although this might seem utterly petrifying, you don’t need to start worrying just yet.
Dr Edward Bloomer, senior astronomer at Royal Observatory Greenwich, said: ‘There’s probably somewhere in the region of 5 billion years to go before the red giant phase for the Sun. So we’ve got some time!’
This graphic reveals the gruesome fates of all the planets in the solar system as the Sun dies and transforms in to enormous red dwarf star
In about five to 5.5 billion years from now the Sun will run out of helium and begin to expand info slot gacor hari ini (cip4d.shop) outwards, cooling and becoming a red giant. This artist’s impression shows an exoplanet as it is pulled into the heat of its own star
