The End Not As Near As We Thought

HiyaPower writes: "According to recent calculations cited by this article in TheAge, the calculations that the sun would expand to a red giant and engulf the earth are wrong. It will expand, but due to the loss of solar mass over time due to the conversion of mass into energy, the earth will spiral enough further away thus avoiding the fate of Venus and Mercury. Personally I find this a great relief, I had some long term plans that I had been putting off..."

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Hmm...

[tunah]

According to recent calculations

What happened to the old calculations? Did some new information come to light or did they forget to carry the three last time?

Since we're gonna kill ourselves anyway

[ColGraff]

Does this really matter? We all know some ass is going to push The Button, or unleash a super-virus, or some damn thing within a few hundred years - it's plain luck we've lasted this long without a nuclear war.