The Sun is around 4.6 billion years old and astronomers believe that it is currently halfway through its life.... In 2018, a team of international astronomers said that a planetary nebula, which is a luminous bubble of gas and dust, would be the most likely outcome of the Sun’s death. But before that, there was evidence which disputed whether that was true.... This reveals the star's core, which by this point in the star's life is running out of fuel, eventually turning off and before finally

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