COScientists have proposed that Earth might avoid being consumed by the expanding Sun during its red giant phase, which was previously thought to be its inevitable fate. This scenario is expected to occur in about five billion years, long after all life on Earth has vanished. As the Sun exhausts its hydrogen core, it will undergo two expansion phases—first becoming a red giant and later an asymptotic giant branch star. The gravitational forces from this expansion could pull Earth closer to the Sun, but the loss of mass due to stellar wind might push Earth into a wider orbit. Recent research suggests that tidal dissipation within stars is less than previously assumed, potentially altering the balance between these forces and possibly allowing Earth to escape destruction.
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