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Last show on Earth

When the sun has used up both its hydrogen and helium and it begins to...

When the sun has used up both its hydrogen and helium and it begins to expand, what would be seen from Earth? Assuming that anyone could survive the event, what would they see when Earth was swallowed up by the sun’s expanding outer atmosphere?

Andrew Crysell, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, UK

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