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- 1Solar System's Life Expectancy Revised Sharply Downward▼The Solar System Has a New Life Expectancy, and It’s a Billion Times Shorter
Astronomers have published a revised estimate of how long the Solar System will endure, cutting the figure dramatically from previous expectations. The claim, highlighted by AAS Nova, frames the new life expectancy as vastly shorter than the old one, on the order of a billionfold. Details of the underlying research and what the new timeline actually means for Earth and the planets remain limited in the available coverage.