Professor Stephen Hawking says earth will suffer the same fate in 2 billion years, by our own sun.
Makes you appreciate the trees, flowers and all the vibrant colours of the earth even more when you venture out... (because it won't last forever)
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Posted: Tue May 25, 2010 12:47 am
That's not quite true. The Sun is expected to turn into a Red Giant, in doing so it will expand until it becomes the same size as Mar's orbit is now. In doing so earth is just going to be swallowed whole, not cannibalized, along with the rest of the inner planets.
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Posted: Tue May 25, 2010 2:49 am
o.k. Professor Hyack & physicist, there a plenty of different scenarios to this on YouTube..
My point is, the Earth will be destroyed by the sun in a few billion years, so when you take a look at nature around you... maybe, just maybe you can appreciate it a little more.
...from Stephen Hawking: The Story of Everything pt 8/9 (Discovery Channel Documentary May 2010)
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