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What If You Traveled Five Billion Years Into the Future?
The Sun has begun its red giant phase, expanding like an overheated plasma-filled balloon. It's about to consume Mercury, then epicly engulf Venus, and eventually, swallow Earth. Even now, it is broiling our planet to bone-scorching temperatures. This is Earth five billion years from now. But how did we get here? Let's take a journey through time.
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