Earth to be swallowed by Sun in a few billion years, claims study [Video]

Life exists on Earth thanks to our parent star – the Sun. But what happens when this mighty celestial body reaches the end of its life?

After billions of years, the Sun will run out of nuclear fuel and become a dense remnant star known as a white dwarf. This cosmic catastrophe will have terrible consequences for our solar system, particularly our precious habitable world.

A recent study by researchers from the University of Warwick and Naresuan University explores the fate of the planets and celestial bodies when the Sun dies.

Life on Earth will cease to exist long before the Sun reaches its final stages. 

“The sad news is that the Earth will probably just be swallowed up by an expanding Sun, …