Bringing JRMES back to life

[mcbishop]

... well, until our sun goes supernova, of course ;-)

Our sun is to small to create a supernova. In about 500 million to 1 billion years the earth will become uninhabitable, and in about 3-4 billion it will be swallowed up by the expanding sun. Following that, the sun will collapse and blow off its outer layer, creating a planetary nebula.

Assuming the calculations on the Chandrasekhar limit are correct. One of the most poetic and haunting phrases in the history of science is 'Scientists now think...'. Of course, I could have been being ironic ;-)

Mike Bishop