What would happen if the sun went supernova?
The solar system as we know it would be destroyed if the Sun went supernova.
A supernova explodes when a star undergoes rapid fusion of a large portion of its material, resulting in a massive explosion that exposes any nearby planets to extremely high temperatures as well as intense radiation and energetic particle bombardment.
The Sun is still in the main sequence and will remain so for another 5 billion years; supernovae can only occur at the end of a star's existence.
The sole possibility for a star the size of the Sun to go supernova is if it were in close orbit with a younger companion star.
The Sun will first turn into a red giant after exiting the main sequence, and subsequently it will collapse into a white dwarf.
A close companion star can contribute material to the white dwarf when it turns into a red giant. When the white dwarf has accumulated 1.44 solar masses of material, it will collapse and the temperature and pressure will rise to the point where fusion reactions begin, resulting in a supernova explosion.
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The Earth and all life on it would probably be destroyed by a massive explosion caused by the release of a massive amount of energy from a supernova.
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When evaluating a one-sided limit, you need to be careful when a quantity is approaching zero since its sign is different depending on which way it is approaching zero from. Let us look at some examples.
When evaluating a one-sided limit, you need to be careful when a quantity is approaching zero since its sign is different depending on which way it is approaching zero from. Let us look at some examples.
When evaluating a one-sided limit, you need to be careful when a quantity is approaching zero since its sign is different depending on which way it is approaching zero from. Let us look at some examples.
When evaluating a one-sided limit, you need to be careful when a quantity is approaching zero since its sign is different depending on which way it is approaching zero from. Let us look at some examples.
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