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Old Nov 28, 2006, 09:56 am   #8 (permalink) (top)
Stewbert
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Well, I kinda got lost while reading your current debate. However, theres a theory that the earth will eventually be eaten up by the Sun. As you know, the Sun's gravitational forces cause the earth to orbit about it, slowly getting closer. Like a paper orbiting a drain, the Earth will eventually be sucked in.

Unless we colonize another planet (as suggested by Hawking), we don't have much of a chance of surviving on this planet when it gets too close to the Sun.

Well, this theory makes sense but I haven't exactly researched it so I'm not going to argue the science of it. Scientists say this will happen in 100 billion zillion (whatever, don't remember) years.

I guess nuclear weapons, global warming, etc may have effect but remember that planets don't last forever, making it a huge challenge for mankind


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