• Question: When will the world end and how do you think it will end?

    Asked by Meg_ to Angela, Claire, Ian, Robert, Sarah on 11 Nov 2014. This question was also asked by MattNelson, ZeXuS ZyLo, RKO out of nowhere, zlatan, The_Legitimate_Callux, chimp 123, nicholas2959, Lydia.
    • Photo: Ian Cade

      Ian Cade answered on 11 Nov 2014:

      Although it may end in other ways (comets and other collisions), the latest possible date for the end of the world is in about 5billion years when the sun expands beyond the orbit of the Earth, cooking it to a cinder and then evaporating it.

      (However, life on Earth will probably have ended in about 1 billion years when the sun gets to hot.)

      All the other disasters I can think of really only affect the surface of the Earth and its inhabitants and would leave the rest of the Earth essentially fine.

    • Photo: Angela Stokes

      Angela Stokes answered on 11 Nov 2014:

      Hi Meg
      Sorry I don’t know and so refer you to Ian’s answer…..however, if the world is going to end in 5 billion years, one thing is sure, and that is neither you or I will see it.

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