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2007-05-09 13:40:40 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
I believe its expected to become a "white dwarf".
2007-05-09 13:47:30 · answer #1 · answered by Nash 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
First a red giant sized expansion... think about the sun coming all the way out to earth's orbit (frying our little world like a cricket in a bug zapper) followed by an incredible collapse or implosion when all the matter gets squashed back down into something 100 miles across. This is a white dwarf... it will glow for awhile and gradually cool into a brown dwarf.
2007-05-09 20:57:54 · answer #2 · answered by eggman 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In many tens of billions of years from now, our sun will exhaust its hydrogen (fuel) and begin fusing helium. A red giant will form, extending well past the Earth's orbit. Then after the last of its nuclear synthesis this red 'envelope' will be cast off leaving behind a white dwarf.
The future is so bright I have to wear shades!
If the sun were several times the mass of our sun, a supernovae type process could occur at the star's end of life.
2007-05-09 20:53:21 · answer #3 · answered by screaming monk 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
a star less than 4 times the mass of the sun will end its life just like our sun will...it will first go through a red giant phase after that it will end it's life as a white dwarf. any star larger than 4 solar masses will either become a neutron star or blackhole....i hope this helps!!!!!
2007-05-09 20:49:53 · answer #4 · answered by Bones 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The far far future ultimate fate of everything is about the same. In about 10^120 years, more or less, everything evaporates into photons.
2007-05-09 20:57:36 · answer #5 · answered by morningfoxnorth 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋