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destroyed. Despite the Sun's outer temperature remaining the same,
nearby planets will be greatly affected by its heat radiation, which is
caused by its increased volume. First Mercury and then Venus will
burn up.
The continuation of life on Earth depends on the preservation of
the universe's many existing balances. For instance, if Earth were to
come a little closer to the Sun, all life on it would die. Thus, Earth
will be greatly affected by the expanding Sun way before its outer
fringes reach it. By the time Mercury and Venus are engulfed in
flames, all of Earth's natural conditions will have been destroyed
and all life on it will have been destroyed. In a very short time, the
extreme heat will evaporate the oceans and melt the rocks and
mountains, which soon will become gases. In a moment, the planet
will burn up and become a handful of ash scattered across the
universe. Scientists reached this conclusion after studying stars that
have a similar size to our own Sun. Many distant stars are becoming
"red giants," which cause many extraordinary events in the
universe. When the giant Sun uses up its fuel, it will no longer be
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able to support the weight of its inner layers, and they will begin to
collapse toward the core, eventually producing a small, dense, cool
star called a white dwarf. After it becomes a white dwarf, it will cool
slowly for billions of years, eventually becoming so cool that it will
no longer emit light.
Professor of Theoretical Physics and renowned science writer
Paul Davies expresses his concerns about the Sun's decreasing
energy levels in the following way:

As far as the sun is concerned, it clearly cannot continue burning away
merrily ad infinitum. Year by year its fuel reserves decline, so that
eventually it will cool and dim. By the same token its fires must have
been ignited only a finite time ago: it does not have unlimited sources of
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