The Sun’s Death Could Tear Apart the Outer Solar System Much Sooner Than Thought

Our Sun is just like any other star. That is, eventually the Sun will run out of fuel and effectively collapse—taking out, presumably, most things in our neighborhood. That won’t pose a problem for those of us alive right now, but for those of you who still care: Scientists think the doomsday for outer planets might come earlier than expected.

New calculations indicate that, once the Sun transforms into a white dwarf some 7 to 8 billion years from now…