Sun Will End Earthly Life in 2.8 Billion Years

A brightening sun is likely to snuff out all life on Earth in around 2.8 billion years, suggest astrobiologists.

By Andrew Fazekas
Published 3 Nov 2017, 09:05 GMT
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Earth's life-giving sun, seen here shooting off a coronal mass ejection, will snuff out this planet's remaining life forms in about 2.8 billion years from now.
Image Courtesy Sdo, NASA

The final days of life on Earth will come some 2.8 billion years from now, suggests a sobering study.

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