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[English]

Will the Sun ever burn out?

We Asked a NASA Scientist.

Well, the Sun, just like the stars we see at night,

is a star.

It's a giant ball of super hot hydrogen.

Gravity squeezes it in and it creates energy,

which is what makes the Sun shine.

Eventually, it will use up all of that hydrogen.

But in the process, it's creating helium.

So it will then use the helium.

And it will continue to use

larger and larger elements

until it can't do this anymore.

And when that happens,

it will start to expand

into a red giant

about the size of the inner planets.

Then it will shrink back down

into a very strange star called a white dwarf —

super hot,

but not very bright

and about the size of the Earth.

But our Sun has a pretty long lifetime.

It's halfway

through its 10-billion-year lifetime.

So the Sun will never really burn out,

but it will change and be a very, very different

dim kind of star

when it reaches the end of its normal life.

We Asked a NASA Scientist.

NASA. A NASA 360 Production.

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
Sun /sʌn/ A2	noun - the star at the center of the solar system
star /stɑːr/ A2	noun - a luminous celestial body
hydrogen /ˈhaɪdrədʒən/ B2	noun - the lightest chemical element; a gas that forms most of the universe
helium /ˈhiːliɛm/ B2	noun - a chemical element; a light inert gas
energy /ˈɛnərdʒi/ B1	noun - the capacity to do work or cause change
gravity /ˈɡrævɪti/ B2	noun - the force of attraction that pulls objects toward each other
create /kriˈeɪt/ B1	verb - to bring something into existence
shine /ʃaɪn/ A2	verb - to emit light; to glow
use /juːz/ A1	verb - to employ for a purpose
expand /ɪkˈspænd/ B2	verb - to become larger or wider; to spread out
shrink /ʃrɪŋk/ B2	verb - to become smaller in size
planets /ˈplænɪts/ B1	noun - celestial bodies orbiting a star
Earth /ɜːrθ/ A2	noun - the third planet from the Sun; our world
lifetime /ˈlaɪftaɪm/ B1	noun - the duration of a life; the period during which something lives
red /rɛd/ A1	adjective - the color red
giant /ˈdʒaɪənt/ A2	adjective - very large in size
white /waɪt/ A1	adjective - the color white
dwarf /dwɔːrf/ B1	noun - a small person or creature; in astronomy, a type of star
NASA /ˈnæsə/ B1	noun - the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration
scientist /ˈsaɪənˌtɪst/ B1	noun - a person who studies or works in science