Earth, as a solid body, could exist for tens, maybe even hundreds of billions of years, because complete destruction of such a large body is extremely rare in the universe. It would have to fall into a black hole, or be torn apart passing by a massive planet or star that it happened to wander close by, for example. When Andromeda Galaxy rips into our Milky Way Galaxy in some 3 billion years in the future, before the sun has turned into a red giant, it's possible that the solar system could be so disrupted that the Earth could break free and become a freelance body. Then it's all a matter of statistics on how long it would take for it to run into really serious trouble.
2006-12-01 12:26:50
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answered by Scythian1950 7
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According to astronomers, the Earth should last for at least five billion more years before the sun becomes a red giant. Due to the sun's loss of mass the Earth would escape to an orbit at a further distance than its current orbit. The immense heat however would likely boil off the oceans and turn the Earth into a barren wasteland looking like Mars does. If the Earth survived this event, the sun would further evolve into a white dwarf and provide too little heat to sustain life.
Others say the atmosphere will lose its water vapor to space within 1.1 billion years because the sun will become about 10% hotter, and that the oceans will evaporate within 3.5 billion years when the sun is 40% hotter. In 3.5 billion years the Andromeda Galaxy may collide with ours and may wipe out some solar systems.
Most scenarios concerning the ultimate fate of the universe would subsequently destroy the Earth.
2006-12-02 03:17:04
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answered by Rohan Gupta 2
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in 2010
2006-12-01 20:26:07
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answered by anonymous 3
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the world will end on 12 03 06
2006-12-02 15:16:37
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answered by Anonymous
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I think it would be another 5 billion years later because the sun will shine for another 5 billion years.Anytime after that the Earth will be very cold due to no warmth given by the sun.Therefore no living thing will exist when the cold comes...
2006-12-02 12:44:41
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answered by Kenneth Koh 5
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Do you think when 2011 rolls around and the world doesn't end, she'll realize it was BS and that a radio station obviously isn't the best way of determining the end of the world? No, I don't think so either.
2006-12-02 00:06:55
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answered by Jason 3
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As an ancient and quite cute Turtle Lord leader of angelic
shells in high fashion recently said, quote" please send
candy it is better than money". Though to us he may be really
losing it, he never orders long range candy vending ships to
deliver unless he plans on living for another 400 years.
2006-12-01 20:20:24
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answered by mtvtoni 6
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I really not remember the date, I think 2029? An Asteroid going to hit us. Well, maybe not, but, it will be a close call for what they consider close.
OK, it 2029 but it pass and return 7 years later, so, we all die in 2036.
2006-12-01 20:26:30
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answered by Snaglefritz 7
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people will surely go extict sooner than we'd like to think. although dinosaurs ruled for 200 million years...as far as
the earth is concerned, it will be here for another 10 billion
years when the sun finally emplodes..
2006-12-01 22:09:38
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answered by Daniel S 2
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In 2011, it says in the bible.Go here, and I PROMISE you will find the truth, listen to Harold Camping in this radio station 90.3 (i think). And go to this site, and look for the book, "Time Has An End"
2006-12-01 21:50:18
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answered by Lizzie 5
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