The Fate of Our Sun

For billions of years the Sun has been the perpetual, life-giving star in our sky. It's a force of immense power, yet one we take for granted in our every day lives. But like all things, it too must eventually end. Today, we chronicle the future of our home star, its various phases, why this all happens, and the final fate of our Solar System. Written and presented by Prof David Kipping. Edited by Jorge Casas. Thanks to Matt Scoggins for checking the script. → Support our research program: https://www.coolworldslab.com/support → Get Stash here! https://teespring.com/stores/cool-wor... → Check out our podcast over at    / @coolworldspodcast   THANK-YOU to our supporters D. Smith, M. Sloan, L. Sanborn, C. Bottaccini, D. Daughaday, A. Jones, S. Brownlee, N. Kildal, Z. Star, E. West, T. Zajonc, C. Wolfred, L. Skov, G. Benson, A. De Vaal, M. Elliott, B. Daniluk, M. Forbes, S. Vystoropskyi, S. Lee, Z. Danielson, C. Fitzgerald, C. Souter, M. Gillette, T. Jeffcoat, J. Rockett, D. Murphree, T. Donkin, K. Myers, A. Schoen, K. Dabrowski, J. Black, R. Ramezankhani, J. Armstrong, K. Weber, S. Marks, L. Robinson, S. Roulier, B. Smith, J. Cassese, J. Kruger, S. Way, P. Finch, S. Applegate, L. Watson, E. Zahnle, N. Gebben, J. Bergman, E. Dessoi, C. Macdonald, M. Hedlund, P. Kaup, C. Hays, W. Evans, D. Bansal, J. Curtin, J. Sturm, RAND Corp., M. Donovan, N. Corwin, M. Mangione, K. Howard, L. Deacon, G. Metts, G. Genova, R. Provost, B. Sigurjonsson, G. Fullwood, B. Walford, J. Boyd, N. De Haan, J. Gillmer, R. Williams, E. Garland, A. Leishman, A. Phan Le, R. Lovely, M. Spoto, A. Steele, M. Varenka, K. Yarbrough, A. Cornejo, D. Compos, F. Demopoulos, G. Bylinsky, J. Werner, B. Pearson, S. Thayer, T. Edris, A. Harrison, B. Seeley, F. Blood, M. O'Brien & P. Muzyka. ::References:: ► Schröder & Smith, 2008, "Distant future of the Sun and Earth revisited", MNRAS, 386, 155: https://arxiv.org/abs/0801.4031 ::Music:: Music licensed by SoundStripe.com (SS) [shorturl.at/ptBHI], Artlist.io, via Creative Commons (CC) Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/..., or with permission from the artist. ► Hill - Pinhole of Light [https://open.spotify.com/track/1gJEKP...] ► Chris Zabriskie - Stories About the World That Once Was ► Falls - Ripley ► Hill - Don't Think [https://open.spotify.com/track/1KUcWR...] ► Hill - A Slowly Lifting Fog [https://open.spotify.com/track/0GgkyL...] ► Chris Zabriskie - The Ocean's Continue to Rise ► Joachim Heinrich - Y ► Indive - Fusion ::Chapters:: 00:00 Introduction 02:06 The Modern Sun 06:41 Leaving the Main Sequence 09:49 Sub-Giant Phase 12:24 Giant Mode 17:05 The Helium Flash 19:07 A Second Life 20:58 Asymptotic Hell 23:25 The White Dwarf Sun 25:38 The Bitter End 27:54 Outro & Credits #TheSun #DistantFuture #Astronomy