Our Solar System Is Unstable and Doomed for Destruction

Scientists believe that the massive ball of hydrogen and helium at the center of our star system was born some 4.5 billion years ago, allowing life on Earth to flourish billions of years later. And while conventional models suggest the Sun will meet its final demise when it grows into a red giant and collapses to form a white dwarf some six billion years from now, the fate of its surviving planets remains a subject of debate. Researchers had previously...