wont they trun into buring gas ball?
2006-08-12 03:24:32 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
When a sun explodes it is called a Nova. Anything within the solar system and usually much farther is vaporized and carried away in the matter from the explosion. It doesnt matter if the planet is Mercury, Earth or Jupiter. If the Sun novas they are all atomized and swept away.
It would also kill those of us who can spell.
2006-08-12 03:32:13 · answer #1 · answered by Mike M 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The sun will not explode. It is a yellow dwarf and will end it's life as a red giant and then a white dwarf.
However in its red giant stage, it will boil away the outer layers of the gas giants, and we may find that after a million years of this, that some of them become somewhat habitable if their cores are rocky enough and the red giant can radiate just enough heat to sustain life on on them. It certainly is an interesting thought, isn't it?
2006-08-15 16:26:57 · answer #2 · answered by sparc77 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Depending on the size of the explosion, The gas planets would be greatly reduced in size as the gas portion was blown away, exposing any core that might be inside. It is likely that their orbits would be greatly altered.
Smaller solar explosions are possible with lesser effects. One thought is that enough energy could be given off to start some sort of nuclear reaction on the gas giants-- but I don't believe that is likely at least in our solar system.
2006-08-12 14:15:32 · answer #3 · answered by Bernard B 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Our Sun is to small to ever explode. In order for a star to explode it would have to more than 1.44 times the mass of the Sun. This is called the Chandrasekhar limit.
2006-08-12 12:35:54 · answer #4 · answered by Kevin H 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Is there any possibility for the sun to explode? It did not explode even when a bigger sun passed by it. Billions has passed but it is giving uninterruped service. Was there any instance when sun failed to yield light? Probably never did it fail. Man donot have faith in nature, God and himself. .
2006-08-12 10:42:12 · answer #5 · answered by bainsal 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. Gas planets are not made of natural gas. So they don't burn. They cant fuse because not enough mass. They will not be engulfed by the expanding sun because they are far away.
2006-08-12 10:26:10 · answer #6 · answered by Dr M 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If a sun goes supernova all matter within thousands of light years will be vaporized into atoms and subatomic particles, including planets, moons, asteroids, comets and interstellar dust.
2006-08-12 10:46:58 · answer #7 · answered by Answers1 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The gas giants would need around 3 to 5 times more mass than they have to start nuclear fusion. So no they would not start to "burn".
2006-08-12 10:47:27 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If the sun exploded it would kill all the people who did not know how to spell.
2006-08-12 10:31:03 · answer #9 · answered by Amanda 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋