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[-] don@lemm.ee 41 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

It won’t explode as if by supernova because it’s below the Chandrasekar limit of ~1.4 times the sun’s mass needed for that to occur.

It will, however, enter its supergiant phase, and will expand its diameter to engulf the three inner planets. Many hundreds of billions or even hundreds of trillions of years later it will collapse into its stellar dwarf phase.

E: Sun, not earth. There’s a bit of difference, I guess.

[-] Danitos@reddthat.com 16 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

I'm pretty sure the Sun's mass is way above 1.4 times the Earth's mass, thought.

[-] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 18 points 6 days ago

It’s supposed to be 1.4 times the mass of the sun

[-] don@lemm.ee 6 points 6 days ago

Yeah, you’re both correct, botched that one.

[-] FooBarrington@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago

But if it had 1.4 times the mass of the sun, we'd have way bigger problems than a measly supernova

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