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When a star dies, does (hypothetical) life go with it? – SYFY WIRE

We already know the answer for Earth. When the Sun starts its death throes and turns into a red giant in about 5 billion years, it will become a gargantuan raging inferno that will easily turn Mercury, Venus and our planet to ash.

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We already know the answer for Earth. When the Sun starts its death throes and turns into a red giant in about 5 billion years, it will become a gargantuan raging inferno that will easily turn Mercury, Venus and our planet to ash. But what could happen if surviving planets or moons (like Europa or Titan) that may host life continue to orbit it when it cools into a white dwarf?
That wont happen for another 10 billion years. Nobody alive now is going to be around to see the aftermath. However, NA…

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