• Question: Can the sun fall down to earth ?

    Asked by sarapalmersandsirene to Fiona on 21 Mar 2012.
    • Photo: Fiona Hatch

      Fiona Hatch answered on 21 Mar 2012:


      Thankfully thats not possible otherwise we would all be in big trouble.

      The Sun has a much stronger gravitational pull, that is why we go around the sun every year. If the Sun increased it’s gravity, then it could pull us towards it but that should not happen. Our only worry about the Sun is when it starts to grow and become too big and would cook earth and everyone on it, but hopefully that won’t happen for a very very very long time.

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