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Sun will vaporize Earth unless we change our orbit [1]

New York: Astronomers at the University of Sussex claim to have calculated that the Sun will vapourise Earth in about 7.6 billion years unless our planet's orbit is altered. According to them, the Sun's slow expansion will cause the temperature on the surface of the Earth to rise

Publication Date: 
25/02/2008
Times Of India (New Delhi) [2]
Tags:
Solar Radiation [3], Physical Science [4], Astronomy [5]
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