End of the Sun

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How will the Sun end its final days.  Some stars go out with a band, like in the picture above.  This is called
a nova or when it happens to a larger star a super nova.


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Our Sun will first expand after much of the hydrogen is gone into a Red Giant.  At this point the Sun's diameter will reach beyond where Earth
orbits it.  After that stage it will shrink down in into a super hot star called a White Dwarf.  This will be the last stage of the Sun.  When it can no longer
support the fusion process that keeps it burning, the Sun will turn into a brown dwarf and die.

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