John: the Sun will become a red giant and then a white dwarf that probably absorbs Earth's remains (2024)
prediction · status: unresolved · last event: predicted (2024-06-04) · owner: John
In June 2024 John described how it all ends: the Sun will become a red giant and then a white dwarf, and what is left of Earth will probably become part of it.
About: Sun (star), Earth, white dwarf
| date | event | what | video |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-06-04 | predicted | John concludes that we are headed to probably being part of a white dwarf. (hedged) | how it all ends 00:02:26 |
What is said about it
3 statements, by date (the events above are the turns of the thread; these are the details).
- 2024-06-04 · how it all ends — John says the Sun will eventually shrink into a white dwarf holding what remains of the Sun and inner planets: about Earth-sized but hundreds of thousands of times denser than Earth. — 00:02:26
- 2024-06-04 · how it all ends — John says researchers found unexpected elements in a distant white dwarf and concluded it was probably once a red giant that consumed rocky planets, as Earth probably will be. (hedged) — 00:02:55
- 2024-06-04 · how it all ends — John says in the distant future Earth's love stories, technology and birdsong will be a bit of pollution in the Sun's white dwarf; nobody will have a name or a story. — 00:02:55