Jupiter's Possible Future (IMAGE)

W. M. Keck Observatory

Jupiter's Possible Future

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Artist rendering of Jupiter and its white dwarf host. If humans survive to see the Sun die, they could theoretically move to a Jovian moon and remain safely in orbit. However, they could not rely on the diminished heat from the stellar corpse of our Sun once it collapses into a white dwarf.

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W. M. Keck Observatory/Adam Makarenko

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