15. Will the Sun ever blow up or explode? (A K2S Question)

From The Space Library

No, only stars with greater than eight to ten solar masses will end their existence as a nova or supernova blast. The Sun is too small to end its life in this manner and will eventually become a white dwarf once its core runs out of fuel and it loses the delicate balancing act that every star must maintain between core pressure and gravity.

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Answer provided by Jim Zebrowski

Question and Answer extracted from the book Kids to Space - by Lonnie Schorer

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