Earth to Be Consumed By Red Giant Star (In 5B Years)

When a star runs out of gas, it swells up and all that lies in its path is destroyed - the inner planets don't stand a chance. Find out what happens to our Sun and others like it when it's in its death throes.

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• red giant
• Nebula
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• solar
• billions of years
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[cristianfcao]

Just a small question: the latin plural of supernova is supernovAE. Why people pronounce it as "supernovi"? Same goes to nebula. I guess it must be an English accent problem and not that astronomers don't know the plural of those words! Anyway... it's kind of annoying.

[VideoFromSpace]

@cristianfcao It's what happens when one pronounces "ay-eee" too quickly in American English. But we figure: as long as the listener understands...

[Plibt8]

@VideoFromSpace

supernovae do come pretty fast

[VideoFromSpace]

@Plibt8 You'd be surprised at how many astrophysicists use that analogy.

[Starrmaiden]

You mean death 'throes'. :)

[VideoFromSpace]

@Starrmaiden Indeed we do...or did...before we died. Good catch! Thank you.

[NiloArch]

Do not panic - Andromeda galaxy will collide with Milky Way before this ever happens

[LitelDragon]

 perdón 5 millones de millones .. o sea que si me da tiempo a tomarme el te

[Ryio5]

@jmarkh2o going through my 100000000000000000000000000000­000000000000th reincarnation

[jmarkh2o]

What will you be doing in 5B years form today?

[cactu]

well made

[kONflictOD]

Ron Paul can stop this in 2012

[jamis53]

IN 5BILLION YEARS WE WONT NEED THE SUN!