Hope dims that Earth will survive Sun's death (DOOMED? You betcha...)

Space Newscientist .com ^ | 2/22/08 | Jason Palmer

[redhead]

Bumping for the fun of it...

[56newblog]

Ask the Democrats - They will have a solution for this and ALL other celestial matters..They can fix anything..

[Ezekiel]

“The Sun will fuse the last of its hydrogen into helium, turn into a red giant and expand to 250 times its current size. “

[Ronin]

Billyuuuuns and biilllyunns of miles away.

(Sorry, couldn’t resist.)

[Marie2]

These things used to fill my young heart with despair. People would joke about them sometimes, but I would get filled with angst about our eventual demise as the race of men.

Not any more - I know the end of the world will come, and that God is in charge. Interestingly, the Bible says God is going to make a new heavens and a new earth. So I guess, if this one gets burned up or what have you, it’s all good.

[fella]

Women and minorities hardest hit.

...and Bush’s fault.

Darn you to HECK Bush!

[Oztrich Boy]

No. You need to move Uranus










Been waiting decades to use that phrase

[Salamander]

[wafflehouse]

If "billions and billions of years ago," the sun was a much bigger star with more mass, why didn't Earth get pulled into the sun then?

this statement was not in any of the articles linked. the sun's mass was not significantly different in the past

[dangus]

I don’t think any of us are gonna survive 7 billion years anyway... but if I do, I’ve got seven billion years to travel 4 light years... I think I can make it.

[Lazamataz]

We're all gonna die!!!!

[silverleaf]

Carl Sagan does not exist.
Signed,
God

[NicknamedBob]

"Been waiting decades to use that phrase"

I appreciate your dedication to the art.

If Uranus had a surface, it would have a fairly comfortable surface gravity. With the Sun entering a red giant phase, Uranus could make a possible new home for us.

And we wouldn't have to move it.

[NicknamedBob]

"Carl Sagan does not exist.
Signed,
God"

When you talk about people, they should be included in the conversation.

[SunkenCiv]

If "billions and billions of years ago," the sun was a much bigger star with more mass, why didn't Earth get pulled into the sun then?

Hey, nobody claimed that it makes sense. Here, have a Corona...

[gracesdad]

Duh.

[NotJustAnotherPrettyFace]

This process has led some to speculate that the Earth might escape destruction

Who are these people?!!!!!!! Haven't we been taught for years that at the stage the sun becomes a red giant the earth will be swallowed up?!

[UCANSEE2]

“What’ll they worship when the moon and that meteor are gone?”

The ‘meteorite’ they worship is almost gone.

It broke years ago, and they had to put some metal screws into it to keep it in one piece.

See, the wise men followed a ‘star’ in the sky, to find the prophet. When they found him, they worshipped him.

Others followed the star as well. But they ended up worshipping the ‘star’ after it fell to the ground.

After Christianity rose from the blood of Christ, the Islamic worshippers were sure they were right.

First off, the eventual Christians lost their prophet to crucifixion.
Second, they came up with religion songs such as “ROCK of AGES” , and statements such as “Peter is the ROCK”.

Subtle hints that to the Islams, meant they were right all along. There religion would persevere.

They can always get another ‘rock’.

[UCANSEE2]

“Why the sudden surge in news stories about the earth’s end billions of years from now?”

The writer’s strike ended, and they quit their parttime news jobs and went back to Hollywood.

So reporters are rerunning stories from the ‘50s.