The End of the Habitable Zone
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The End of the Habitable Zone

C1AdvancedNovember 14, 202617 min
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Filling a little chilly this winter? Never fear. In several hundred million years, the brightening sun will turn the poles into tropical paradises and then evaporate the oceans and extinguish all life.

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Thanks to brilliant.org for supporting PBS Digital Studios. Filling a little chilly this winter? Never fear. In several hundred million years, the brightening sun will turn the poles into tropical paradises and then evaporate the oceans and extinguish all life. The sun is slowly burning through its fuel. Hydrogen is fused into helium in the sun's core,

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producing energy that keeps it shining and keeps the earth warm and hospitable to life. But that fuel will run out, after which the sun will swell into a red giant and flash fry the earth.

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But in fact, that frying, well, slow roasting, will begin much earlier. See, the sun is getting brighter even now. This has complex and, for the most part,

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