https://www.live-feeds.com/feed/dead-star-discovery-shows-what-will-happen-to-earth-when-the-sun-burns-outContinuously updated, source-cited coverage. https://www.live-feeds.com/feed/dead-star-discovery-shows-what-will-happen-to-earth-when-the-sun-burns-outhttps://www.live-feeds.com/feed/dead-star-discovery-shows-what-will-happen-to-earth-when-the-sun-burns-out#u182534Fri, 06 Nov 2026 20:26:06 +0000Astronomers from the European Southern Observatory discovered a white dwarf star 1,600 light-years from Earth surrounded by a unique double disk of gas and dust. This cosmic debris is believed to be the remains of planetary bodies the star once hosted. The discovery suggests that rocky worlds may survive the death of their parent star, providing a rare model for what may happen to Earth when the Sun eventually burns out and becomes a white dwarf.Why it mattersThe Sun is approximately 4.6 billion years old and will exhaust its hydrogen fuel in about 5 billion years. This process will lead to a