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An Earth-like Planet Around a Dead Sun Provides Some Reassurance About the Future of Earth


In about five billion years, our Sun will exit its main sequence phase and transition to its red giant phase. At this point, the Sun will expand and consume the planets of the inner Solar System, including Mercury and Venus.

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