A Crystal Ball into our Solar System's Future from hot red Watch Video
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Description: Artist rendering of a main sequence star ballooning into a red giant as it burns the last of its hydrogen fuel, then collapses into a white dwarf. What remains is a hot, dense core roughly the size of Earth and about half the mass of the Sun. A gas giant similar to Jupiter orbits from a distance, surviving the explosive transformation. Credit: W. M. Keck Observatory/Adam MakarenkonnLearn more: www.keckobservatory.org/white-dwarf-system
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