Now that's what I call global warming...

Earth faces being cremated inside the sun unless future generations work out how to change its orbit, writes Australia's appropriately named Herald Sun.
New calculations by University of Sussex astronomers predict Earth will not only be burned to a cinder, but will be swallowed up by the sun.

Professor Robert Smith and his team had previously calculated that Earth might escape ultimate destruction.

But new calculations now take into account the effect of drag caused by the outer atmosphere of the dying sun.

But no need to panic just yet; the researchers have calculated that the planet's demise will happen 7.6 billion years in the future.

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