Ok, well everyone has pretty much answered, but I'll go into specifics.
The sun doesn't have enough mass to turn into a supernova.
Right now, the sun is in what's called the stable state. Light hydrogen nuclei unite forming heavier helium nuclei. When the release of this energy counterbalances the force of gravity, the star stops contracting, and this is the stable state, which can last for billions of years.
Eventually, so much of the hydrogen will be used up, and the energy is no longer enough to balance gravity. The core will contract again, and the outer layers will expand. The core gets so hot that the outer layers of the star begin to spread outward. As said, this will spread as far as mars, so this alone would burn the earth up immediately, but that won't happen for a long time. The sun's estimated age is 5 billion years old, and scientists estimate it has about 5 billion to go before it burns out. Just about all stars advance as far as red giant.
Now, for a star the size of our sun, the core will collapse. With the majority of it's fuel gone, it will turn into a white dwarf, no bigger than the earth. It'll give off enough leftover heat to glow slightly for about a billion years, then eventually burn out completely (A black dwarf.)
A supernova forms from starts with at LEAST seven times the mass of our sun. Our sun is about average as far as stars go. Supernovas If our sn were large enough and did supernova, it would certainly burn up our entire solar system and much of the rest of our galaxy.
A star that will become a supernova burns its fuel much faster. When the fusion stops, it's got a central iron core.The core collapses as the star cools. WHen it collapse, the pressure and temperature, naturally, increase dramatically. The iron fuses into even heavier elements. Rushing toward further collapse, the star becomes unstable and explodes very violently. Half its mass is blown away and becomes a large cloud, and the star flares up so brightly that it can shine so bright it overshadows the rest of the galaxy it's in.
2007-05-11 14:40:04
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answered by Aqua The Fox 3
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Well our sun right now is like a kid. When it turns into an adult it will get bigger. The sun will expand all the way to Mars. This will happen in around 3 million years. When it does the earth will be gone, the sun will burn it. I believe this is true, scientists have observed many stars and this was what happened.
2007-05-11 13:57:06
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answered by suffa4eva 2
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The sun cannot go supernova or nova because it is the wrong kind of star. But if it did, Earth would be totally destroyed.
2007-05-11 13:57:07
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answered by campbelp2002 7
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The sun will never supernova because it does not have enough mass. It will most likely become a red giant in about 5 billion years.
2007-05-11 13:51:19
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answered by Anonymous
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thats it exactly! nothing will happen cuz it wont happen because the sun is way too small to become a supernova therefor it becomes a white dwarf....
2007-05-11 16:06:34
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answered by al_that_2_u 1
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Psalms 37:29 - The righteous themselves will possess the earth, And they will reside forever upon it. Isaiah 45:18 - For this is what Jehovah has said, the Creator of the heavens, He the [true] God, the Former of the earth and the Maker of it, He the One who firmly established it, who did not create it simply for nothing, who formed it even to be inhabited: “I am Jehovah, and there is no one else. [quote] For the earth to remain forever, Jehovah would be required to rewrite the universal laws [endquote] And you see a problem with this... how? Proverbs 3:5 - Trust in Jehovah with all your heart and do not lean upon your own understanding.
2016-05-21 00:33:59
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answered by hallie 3
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hopefully before that happens people will learn to use a spellchecker. Learn more about the basics in science, reading etc etc.
2007-05-11 22:36:06
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answered by noneya b 3
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The sun will not so don't worry about it
2007-05-11 13:55:03
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answered by Gene 7
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The sun will not so don't worry about it.
2007-05-11 14:43:40
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answered by Rampage 2
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