[ashark]

> The planet; as-in this rocky, water-world orbiting Sol, will exist for BILLIONS of years

Well, to nitpick a bit, not billions, for the "water-world" part. A few hundred million. It'll likely be quite parched by the 1 billion mark. Large, complex life forms are expected to have a Really Bad Time starting in the 500-600 million year range and shortly (geologically speaking) be gone entirely, assuming no acute planet-scale disasters before then.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_far_future

[VA3FXP]

Point taken and acknowledged. I was on a bit of a rant.

Question regarding the "loss" of the oceans:

Won't that turn the atmosphere into 'soup'?