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By Philosopher Michael Alan Prestwood

Degradation of Earth’s Orbit

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Degradation of Earth’s Orbit

50 Billion Years From Now
Speculative. Ratonally predicted.

In about 50 to 100 billion years, then over tens of billions of years, gravitational interactions with other bodies and the loss of mass by the Sun as it becomes a white dwarf could cause the remaining planets’ orbits, including Earth’s (if it survives the Sun’s red giant phase), to decay or become unstable.

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