The Sun is dying, getting hotter as it goes. Eventually it will shrink into a black dwarf, but life will have vanished long before.



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Our Sun is a medium sized star, which creates the perfect conditions for life on Earth. What happens on the Sun and how do stars, including the Sun, live and die?



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Bacteria from a sneeze was inadvertently sent to the Moon. When it returned to Earth, it came back to life. What does this mean for the possibility of life in the Universe?



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