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No. It will eventually run out of hydrogen to fuse in its core, and expand into a red giant when it starts to fuse helium in the core, which produces enough energy to raise the temperature of a "shell" surrounding the core to the point where hydrogen fusion can occur there. Eventually it will run out of "fuel" entirely, and collapse into a white dwarf, which will gradually cool into a burned-out "black dwarf".

However, it's a bit soon to worry: the Sun is gradually getting hotter, but we're safe for at least a billion years, and it will be five billion or so before it reaches the red giant stage.

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