Hi all, new to these forums and should make some more visits as I'm getting interested in Astrology.

One thing I noticed browsing the net about when the sun will finally expire is the following page on yahoo:

http://tv.yahoo.com/news/wwn/20020918/103236120009.html

Even though it's on entertainment - the quote from NASA worried me! It's either a pretty good crackshot hoax or I'm off to build a shuttle to get me out of here!

Anyone else heard this?

Steve.

Hi Steve, welcome to SciForums... please don't steal the silverware. :bugeye:

I saw the "Sun Exploding" headline on one of the weekly tabloids (http://www.weeklyworldnews.com/features/scitech_story.cfm?instanceid=45959), odds
are you can put your mind at ease. I would be much more concerned that

TIME TRAVELER SAYS MUTANTS & FREAKS
RULE THE FUTURE - & BAT BOY IS PRESIDENT!

:D

Peace.

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It takes 20 years or more of peace to make a man;
it takes only 20 seconds of war to destroy him.-- King Boudewijn I, King of Belgium (1934-1993)

The Sun has approximately 5 billion years left before it will begin to run low of hydrogen in its core and begin to leave the main-sequence ("adult") stage of stellar life.

- Warren

Steve

Hi all, new to these forums and should make some more visits as I'm getting interested in Astrology.

This forum is Astronomy, a science. Welcome.

Astrology is not a science, but is a mild form of inane entertainment and can be discussed in the Pseudoscience forum.

A strong (G3-class) geomagnetic storm is in progress--a result of
solar wind gusts from a coronal hole buffeting Earth's
magnetosphere today. High-latitude sky watchers should remain
alert for auroras.

For more info click here (http://www.spaceweather.com/)

The Sun has approximately 5 billion years left

So we've got some time then :D

I've heard that a bunch of scientists have worked themselves up as they think the universe will destroy itself in a cosmic crunch in roughly 10-20billion years time :eek:

When I find the article, I'll post it up here

Originally posted by Thor
So we've got some time then :D

I've heard that a bunch of scientists have worked themselves up as they think the universe will destroy itself in a cosmic crunch in roughly 10-20billion years time :eek:

When I find the article, I'll post it up here


All existing evidence (a very large body of it) indicates that our universe is open, with omega less than one. Anyone who says otherwise is either making up data, misinterpreting data, or lying.

- Warren

Here we go

http://www.cnn.com/2002/TECH/space/09/18/cosmic.crunch/index.html


Its just a thoery mind

Welcome to sciforums, Steve_c.

As goofyfish mentioned, astromony not astrology is the correct terminology.

I would not put to much faith into the tabloids. They make their money by going to more extremist points of veiw. That usually includes stalking the kooks to round up enough material for a paper.

It has been with in the last 40 years that we have be able to do more than just look at the sun with a telescope and do a spectragraph. With the insertion of the SOHO observatory in orbit we have been able to obtain much better information than was previously possible.

Has it not struck you as unusal that no where else are you hearing such? So a country doesn't want to alarm their populace by announcing "the end of the world is neigh". Do you think that would influance other independant observers from announcing what was what?

I guess what I am saying is, "Don't get to worked up about it." It isn't likely.

As chroot has indirectly referenced, the processes of stellar life cycles is largely understood at this point.

Originally posted by wet1
As goofyfish mentioned, astromony not astrology is the correct terminology.Er... put your glasses on. :D

My apologies goofyfish, it was (Q) that made the statement.

the end of the world is neigh

Have you turned into a horse???? Were you a horse before????

Anyway, 5 billion years. Humans would be long gone by then, be it extinction (most likely) or we've moved planet/solar system/galaxy