How and when will the Sun die?

Climate change is a very real threat but a more certain end lies in store for humanity

Venus passes in front of the sun
Venus passing in front of the Sun
(Image credit: NASA/JAXA)

Fears about how much time humanity has left on Earth have been heightened by concerns about climate change but research into the realms beyond our planet offers a more definitive end date: the death of the Sun.

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