"Where would I find an illustration of the shape of the Earth without water? I've tried for years to imagine what it would look like from space."
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Living in a Dying Solar System
July 28, 2009 / Written by: Ray Villard
Observations of distant stars tell us about our own future. Roughly 5 billion years from now, the Sun will begin to swell as a red giant, and the solar system will be transformed into a very different place.
Source: [astrobio.net]
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James Salsman said:
It’s more like a middle-aged solar system, isn’t it?!? Well I guess we’re all dying in some sense of the word as we age, but still….
Please tell me your opinion of the use of heterogenous infrared space telescopes for VLBI. Link: en.wikipedia.org/w/i…
Or if that one goes stale: en.wikipedia.org/w/i…
John said:
what sort of solar system can our future generations be looking at ?