Earth Will Be 'Wiped Out' From The Universe After 5 Billion Years, Scientists Predict

Humans have a famous saying that goes, "There are nothing permanent in this world." But it seems that it applies even to the universe as the structures found in space may just come and go. Although not that immediate, astronomers are eventually discovering that the Earth might be gone in 5 billion years.

According to astronomers studying the L2 Puppis star, there is a huge possibility that the universe will unlikely look the same in 5 billion years. The L2 Puppis star is about 10 billion years old and 5 billion years ago it was just like the sun, reports The Huffington Post. And if the pattern is followed, the sun after the same count of years would also expand about 100 times bigger, brighter, and hotter. As a result, humans and other living creatures on Earth will definitely not stand the immense heat and might be gone even before the 5 billion years mark.

A professor from the KU Leuven Institute of Astronomy, Leen Decin, emphasized that in 5 billion years, the sun would probably turn into a "red giant star." However, come another 2 billion years, the sun would eventually lose intense mass and will reach the end of its evolution. It will likely end up as a white dwarf star, similar to those failed stars in the universe, and degrade to the size of the Earth.

There will be a massive impact of this metamorphosis to the major planets in the Solar System, shares the Science Daily. Since the planets are surrounded by a heap of galaxies and stars, the planets like Venus and Mercury, would be engulfed and disappear from the universe. Although the astronomers from KU Leuven are quite sure of their foresight, the future of the Earth as a planet still lies hanging.

As per the scientists, they are still gathering further knowledge on whether the rocky and solid Earth could endure the massive change in space. But if it does, it will likely be a promise for another generation of life. If the pattern and foresight go as seen, life on Earth would banish as the sun intensifies, but when the Earth outlives the sun, then there could still be a possibility of a new beginning for life on Earth.

The sun would fade out, too, and the Earth could also turn out to be incapable of harboring life after the change. However, the change doesn't only speak of dying lives, planets, or stars. It also shows promise and growth in other budding celestial structures in space and maybe, just maybe, another group of livable satellites or planets and life-giving stars could grow new creatures and organisms that would continue the history of the universe.