Kissing the Earth Goodbye in About 7.59 Billion Years

Bill Wilson

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Mar 12, 2008, 11:28:49 AM3/12/08

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This is a link to an interesting take on the distant future of the
Earth: to be swallowed by the sun or not:

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/11/science/space/11earth.html?_r=1&th&emc=th&oref=slogin

Ross Sackett

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Mar 13, 2008, 8:17:53 AM3/13/08

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It's all over in 7.59 Ga? Well tempus fugit and carpe
noctem. Life's too short--no more cut-rate eyepieces
for me! From now on, it's Naglers all the way. <g>

Ross Sackett

Freddy Diaz

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Mar 13, 2008, 9:28:47 AM3/13/08

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Nice article,

I'm listening to the podcasts Ric Honey recommended (astronomycast.com) and
they had an episode dedicated to this matter, very interesting. (Episode 30:
Ep. 30: The Sun, Spots and All...