Pollux

It's a bright, impressive neighbor for sure, but it's nothing compared to what happens when a star starts to reach the end of its life.

Take Pollux, for example.

It might be cooler than our Sun, but it's nine times larger.

Pollux is a red giant, a star that's begun to run out of fuel and has puffed up to a staggering 12 million kilometers in diameter.

It's a bloated, glowing glimpse of the Sun's future.

Yeah, this exact same thing will happen to our Sun in about 6 billion years.

Scientists calculate that the red giant version of our Sun will definitely swallow Mercury and Venus.

possibly Earth as well.

It's a bright, impressive neighbor for sure, but it's nothing compared to what happens when a star starts to reach the end of its life.

Take Pollux, for example.

It might be cooler than our Sun, but it's nine times larger.

Polux is a red giant, a star that's begun to run out of fuel and is puffed up to a staggering 12 million kilometers in diameter.

Yeah, this exact same thing will happen to our Sun in about 6 billion years.

Scientists calculate that the red giant version of our Sun will definitely swallow Mercury and Venus and and possibly Earth as well.

Okay, now, while Pollux is impressive,

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