• Question: what happens when a planet dies

    Asked by anon-226531 to joannabarstow on 19 Nov 2019.
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      Joanna Barstow answered on 19 Nov 2019:


      Planets don’t really die unless something collides with them. Our planet will die when the Sun dies, because the Sun will become a red giant and expand, swallowing Mercury, Venus, and Earth. But the planets from Mars outwards will probably survive.

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