The sun will go out in a blaze of glory that will destroy Earth George Jacoby (WIYN Obs.) et al., WIYN, AURA, NOAO, NSF
We won’t be there to see it. But when our sun reaches the end of its life, it will produce a massive and expanding burst of light called a planetary nebula that astronomers have until now considered unlikely for our sun.
That’s because as stars go, ours has been considered too small to make it happen. Now, a new model of how our star will evolve has challenged this, showing that it is probably just…
Article amended on 9 May 2018
We corrected what stars balloon into
