Wednesday, September 19, 2007

Earth May Survive Sun’s Demise in 5 Billion Years

"There is new hope that Earth, if not the life on it, might survive an apocalypse five billion years from now.

That is when, scientists say, the Sun will run out of hydrogen fuel and swell temporarily more than 100 times in diameter into a so-called red giant, swallowing Mercury and Venus...

New York Times