The belief that the Sun will eventually mechanically engulf the orbit of the Earth may be misplaced, but even the coming billion years could bring discomfort to the Earth's inhabitants.
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Maddox, J. The future history of the Solar System. Nature 372, 611 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1038/372611a0
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