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Earth to be swallowed by Sun? Know what scientists saw for the first time ever

Have you ever wondered about Earth death? Though there have been several rumors saying that the planet will enter a black hole or a huge asteroid collision can lead to its ending, there is no specific reason or proof for the same. However, now, it is being said that Earth can get swallowed by the Sun in around 5 billion years. According to a report by AFP, scientists have observed a dying star swallowing a planet for the first time, offering a preview of Earth's expected fate in around five billion years.Most planets are believed to meet their end when their host star runs out of energy, turning into a red giant that massively expands, devouring anything unlucky enough to be in its path. "But when the Sun finally does engulf Earth, it will cause only a "tiny perturbation" compared to t...
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NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day 14 January 2023: Fiery! Earth at its closest to Sun

NASA’s Astronomy Picture of the Day is a spine-chilling picture of the Sun when Earth was closest to it. The distance from Earth to the Sun is 93 million miles or 149 million kilometers. And every year, Earth makes its closest approach to the Sun. And it is a picture based on this phenomenon that NASA has dedicated as the Astronomy Picture of the Day for January 14, 2023 - Perihelion Sun 2023. Earth's closest approach to the Sun was on January 4 at 16:17 UTC, when it was orbiting at about 91.4 million miles (147 million kilometers) from the Sun. NASA explains the photo, “That was less than 24 hours after this sharp image of the Sun's disk was recorded with a telescope and H-alpha filter from Sidney, Australia, planet Earth. An H-alpha filter transmits a characteristic red light from ...
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133-day Sun trip! Take the journey with NASA and see what happens. Watch

This NASA video takes you on a 133-day Sun journey! NASA’s SDO chronicles four months of solar activity in a 59-minute video. Watch now. After the launch of Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) on February 11, 2010, NASA has kept an unwavering eye on the Sun. SDO studies how solar activity happens and drives space weather. The spacecraft's measurements of the Sun's interior, atmosphere, magnetic field, and energy output all work to help us understand the star we live with. Now, NASA's SDO has shared a video which chronicles solar activity for 133 days from August 12 to December 22, 2022. The time-lapse video shows the Sun's outermost atmospheric layer - the corona. You can come on this trip too, just watch the NASA Sun video.NASA says that the SDO has provided unprecedented views of the ...
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Is this the way Earth is going to die? Death of Exoplanet shows how

An exoplanet which is approaching its end could provide insight into how Earth will die. An exoplanet which is spiralling towards its end into a star could give scientists new insight into how Earth will die. The exoplanet in discussion is Kepler-1658b which was the first planet-candidate to be discovered by NASA's Kepler Space Telescope. According to NASA, Kepler-1658b is a gas giant exoplanet that orbits an F-type star called Kepler 1658. Now, scientists have made a recent discovery about the exoplanet which could spell Earth's future demise.In a recent study, scientists have observed that the exoplanet's orbit is decaying and it is likely to meet its end by colliding and falling into the star it orbits. This has given scientists a first glimpse into the last stage of existence of ...
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Horrific solar filament explodes on our Sun; it is so big, Earth could disappear in it

Giant solar filament big enough to swallow earth has erupted on the Sun's surface near sunspot AR3089. The Sun is getting fiery as it reaches near the peak of its 11-year solar cycle resulting in a huge number of solar flares and solar filaments exploding on its surface. Recently, one such filament was seen on the sun's surface near sunspot AR3089. According to spaceweather.com, the magnetic filament became unstable with its debris forming a "canyon of fire." And the walls of the canyon expand nearly 20,000 kilometres in height. As per the reports the hole is so big Earth would disappear in it. Astronomers are now expecting a Coronal Mass Ejection (CME) to erupt from the sunspot.Coronal mass ejections, or CME, are large clou...