What If We Knew the Time the Earth Will Die?

Ah, the planet Earth, our beautiful home. We’d like to believe it will be around forever, but what if it isn't? Aliens, comets, weapons of mass destruction, black holes, even the Sun could destroy the Earth. What's It going to be? How will it affect you, or your descendents? And would we be able to stop it?

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