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    1 year ago

    The universe “collapsing” has fallen largely out of favor as a theory. The sun isn’t going to explode, at all.

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        1 year ago

        That is not accurate for all stars. Our star, for instance, is a yellow dwarf star (Type G Main Sequence). When it runs out of fuel it will briefly swell up as a red giant then collapse into a white dwarf. At no point will it explode because it simply lacks the mass for that type of chain reaction. We have a billion years before this happens, so can literally fly existing rockets elsewhere if need be. A billion years is a long time.

        Tell me again about my science education lol