The end is near... well, in 7.6 billion years


	The end is near... well, in 7.6 billion years

arifsali

2-21-2008 4:30 PM

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2-22-2008 5:57 AM

carrerinyes

..time is of the essence...

2-23-2008 9:42 AM

invictus

"Time is not important... Only life is important."

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New calculations by University of Sussex astronomers predict that the Earth will be swallowed up by the Sun in about 7.6 billion years unless the Earth's orbit can be altered.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.physorg.com/news122826612.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.physorg.com/img/8F03A24A-70F8-46EA-9599-C32471136A38" alt="A NASA-released ultravilet image of the sun. The big news: Earth is doomed to fry and then be gobbled up by the dying Sun." /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.physorg.com/news122826612.html"><DIV> 
Dr Robert Smith, Emeritus Reader in Astronomy, said his team previously calculated that the Earth would escape ultimate destruction, although be battered and burnt to a cinder. But this did not take into account the effect of the drag caused by the outer atmosphere of the dying Sun.
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