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"The sun is roughly halfway through its life, and in about 5 billion years' time will swell into a red giant The swelling sun is expected to swallow the innermost planets Mercury and Venus, and possibly the Earth too...
Perhaps our home will play host to the most beautiful nebula of all. It's a shame we won't be around to see it."

- Hazel Muir, "The Last Blast"
New Scientist 9 July 2005

(photo: Eskimo Nebula, Hubble)