Science!

[Colonel Flagg]

Originally Posted by Wiffles

too bad the sun is only getting brighter as it burns off its hydrogen. >.<

Wiffy is right. In about a billion years or so we'll have a nova on our hands, and then what will we do?

[Esuohlim]

Originally Posted by Colonel Flagg

Wiffy is right. In about a billion years or so we'll have a nova on our hands, and then what will we do?

UNTRUE. The sun will indeed become a white dwarf, but it's not part of a binary system and it won't become a nova since it won't have any mass to take from a companion star.

NEXT YOU'RE GOING TO TELL ME THAT SODIUM FLUORIDE IS SAFE IN MINUTE AMOUNTS

[Colonel Flagg]

Originally Posted by Esuohlim

UNTRUE. The sun will indeed become a white dwarf, but it's not part of a binary system and it won't become a nova since it won't have any mass to take from a companion star.

You engineering types are always slaves to the details.

In other news, this is what a solar system looks like when it's just getting started.

The first planet was imaged by the Keck Interferometer (I believe) over 3 years ago, and there are currently 4 total, with an asteroid belt and a Kuiper belt to boot. All bigger than Jupiter, but still pretty amazing stuff.

Wiffy probably knows all about it.