Inside the Sun

Sun's Journey From Stable Star to Fading Dwarf

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The Sun feels permanent, but it also has a life cycle. Peter Paul looks billions of years into the future to explain how our star will exhaust the hydrogen in its core, expand into a red giant, release its outer layers, and leave behind a dense white dwarf. Discover why the Sun will not become a supernova or black hole—and why there is no reason for humanity today to fear its distant…