It will become a red giant. However, the Sun will gradually emit more and more energy before that, and it is believed that long before it turns into a red giant - in "only" 1/2 or 1 billion years - it will become too hot for life as we know it to survive on Earth.
It will become a red giant. However, the Sun will gradually emit more and more energy before that, and it is believed that long before it turns into a red giant - in "only" 1/2 or 1 billion years - it will become too hot for life as we know it to survive on Earth.
It will become a red giant. However, the Sun will gradually emit more and more energy before that, and it is believed that long before it turns into a red giant - in "only" 1/2 or 1 billion years - it will become too hot for life as we know it to survive on Earth.
It will become a red giant. However, the Sun will gradually emit more and more energy before that, and it is believed that long before it turns into a red giant - in "only" 1/2 or 1 billion years - it will become too hot for life as we know it to survive on Earth.
The Sun is currently in the middle of its main sequence stage, where it has been for about 4.6 billion years, fusing hydrogen into helium in its core. It is expected to remain in this stable phase for another 5 billion years. After exhausting its hydrogen fuel, the Sun will enter the red giant phase, expanding significantly and ultimately shedding its outer layers to form a planetary nebula, leaving behind a white dwarf.
The Main Sequence stage.
No. It will become a white dwarf in about 7.5 billion years time.
The next stage in the life cycle of the Sun is the red giant phase. During this phase, the Sun will expand and cool, becoming larger in size and engulfing planets, including Earth. This phase is followed by the shedding of its outer layers to form a planetary nebula, leaving behind its core as a white dwarf.
well the sun will slowley expand to as much as it could reach earths atomsphere and explode. But hopefully by the next couple of billion years we will have found life on other planets and solar systems.
The sun will probably go into its supernova within the next 5 billion years.
The next stage in the sun's life cycle will be the red giant phase, where it will expand and become cooler. This will be followed by the shedding of its outer layers to form a planetary nebula, leaving behind a white dwarf at its core.
The Sun is expected to become a red giant in about 5 billion (i.e., 5000 million) years.The Sun is expected to become a red giant in about 5 billion (i.e., 5000 million) years.The Sun is expected to become a red giant in about 5 billion (i.e., 5000 million) years.The Sun is expected to become a red giant in about 5 billion (i.e., 5000 million) years.
The Main Sequence stage.
No. It will become a white dwarf in about 7.5 billion years time.
The next stage in the life cycle of the Sun is the red giant phase. During this phase, the Sun will expand and cool, becoming larger in size and engulfing planets, including Earth. This phase is followed by the shedding of its outer layers to form a planetary nebula, leaving behind its core as a white dwarf.
well the sun will slowley expand to as much as it could reach earths atomsphere and explode. But hopefully by the next couple of billion years we will have found life on other planets and solar systems.
The sun is estimated to have a total lifetime of about 10 billion years. It is currently in its middle age, about 4.6 billion years old, and is expected to remain stable for another 5 billion years before entering its next phase.
Life on Earth is tenacious and will certainly outlive humans but in about 4 billion years the Sun will expand and burn the earth to a crisp.
The Suns next stage is to get hotter and slightly increase in size.In about 4.5 -> 5 billion years, it will have used up all of it's hydrogen, and will begin to fuse helium in it's core. Due to this, it's outer envelope will have expanded almost to the edge of the Earth.Don't worry - we will all be dead by then.After another billion years, the Sun will shed it's outer envelope as a planetary nebula and settle down to a retirement as a white dwarf for quite a few billions of years.
The sun shines due to nuclear fusion in its core, where hydrogen nuclei fuse to form helium. This process provides the sun with the energy needed to shine, and it is estimated that the sun will continue to shine for another 5 billion years before it exhausts its hydrogen fuel and transitions to the next stage of its life cycle.
The sun is estimated to have burned hydrogen for around 4.5 billion years already and is expected to continue burning hydrogen for another 5 billion years before it exhausts its fuel and transitions to the next phase of its life cycle.