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Weed_O_Whirler t1_je5nsop wrote
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The Sun will not supernova, but it will red giant. The reason being as the sun "uses up" it's hydrogen (in reality, it will only fuse about 10% of the hydrogen before transitioning), it will transition to new fusion chains which don't last nearly as long, but create energy significantly faster.
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