What If the Sun Exploded Tomorrow?

Correction: we mixed up the Sun‘s lifespan with its age. Of course the sun is only about 4.6 billion years old, half way through its lifespan of about 10 billion years.

That star at the center of our Solar System, that superhot ball of plasma that gives us heat and energy, and amazing complexions...well, it's a ticking time bomb. The Sun is about 10 billion years old. But it's only expected to last about another 5 billion years. After that, the Sun will expand, becoming a red giant. Then it will shrink to become a white dwarf, a dying star, cooling for the next several billion years. Of course, we'll all be long gone before any of that happens. But still, can you imagine what it would be like to watch the Sun blow up before your very eyes?

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[sharkogaming]

It’s funny that Queen Elizabeth will still live through this event .

[bakacleandaem]

sun: explodes
my mom: ur still going to school today

[thebosstex]

Actually, I just took Astronomy not that long ago, and in class as well as through Astronomical sources, I learned that the sun is too small to go supernova naturally. A star would have to be like at least 10 to 20 times the mass of our Sun to do so one day.

[Ytrthh]

What if the Sun exploded tomorrow ?
Me : *Watching this after 3 years*

[idrankbongwater]

Sun: explodes*
Everyone: dies*
School nurses: Ice

[MrAlex-cpto]

People when sun explodes: *dies*


Camera man: *laughs in invincibility”

[weluvhelix]

I can’t believe that a star that huge would only eliminate half of the planet

[johnnymfbravo]

If the sun exploded tomorrow, there would be no day after tomorrow.

[timneyland]

"We'll be long gone before any of that happens"

People watching this 5 billion years from now: 🔥🔥💀🔥🔥

[derrickmensah]

This video creeps me out only to be comforted by "I ll be long gone"

[aidankane]

i want this to happen during my time so badly, bc everyone goes w me therefore no ones sad, and i get to see one of the coolest explosions ever.

[TheNoobistNoob]

Sun: EXPLODES
Earth: *Half of it EXPLODES*
Australia: It seems pretty cold mate?

[silentgamer]

Sun is like "When I die I'm taking you all with me"

Good luck to the future generations

[dominichurst]

title: what if the sun goes supernova?


me: *W E A L L D I E*

[movedddddddddddddddddddddddd]

this brings " *the sun is a deadly lazer* " to another level

[AnRoLo]

I love how he says we would be long gone instead of saying we’re dead.

[sajnap]

Sun: EXPLODES
Mom: It's because of that damn phone.

[shristykejriwal]

You guys won't believe it!! This is what I saw in my dream last night ... These clips literally gave me goosebumps

[aaliyahkate]

So imagine surviving the suns explosion only to fight to survive in extremely hot temperatures all while floating away into space.

[balakrishnapirati]

Teachers be like:Those who survived, send your works through pdf's by tommorrow😂😅