GoKawiilCaltech Study Predicts Solar System Faces Rapid Instability Post-Sun’s Death
Researchers from Caltech have modeled the future of our solar system, indicating that planetary orbits may become chaotic within a billion years after the Sun becomes a white dwarf. The study suggests that before the Sun’s transformation, gravitational disturbances could cause planets to cross paths, leading to potential destruction of the system much sooner than previously expected. These findings were published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters and rely on advanced supercomputer simulations of stellar evolution.