• Question: Is there any possible but unlikely events that could destroy the sun before the time predicted by scientist.

    Asked by clochurston to Kate on 18 Jun 2013.
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      Kate Husband answered on 18 Jun 2013:


      I can think of a few ways which might just be possible. One is if there is any black holes created nearby us which could swallow it us all up (there was a rumour this might be possible at Cern you might have to ask Claire if that’s true). Slightly less extreme is that a star near the end of it’s lifetime somewhere in our galaxy could explode sending out a shock wave which destroys the sun and enough radiation to kill us all. I think it’s far more likely we survive the next few billion years until out sun ‘dies’.

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