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grovegames
3285 days ago
So if our sun were replaced by Betelgeuse, Betelgeuse would engulf all the inner planets. That's huge. It's hard to fathom a star that big.
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finnh
3285 days ago
Our star is going to do that in 5 billion years - transform into a red giant & engulf Mercury, Venus, and probably Earth.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun#After_core_hydrogen_exhaus...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun#After_core_hydrogen_exhaus...