"The Ultimate Fate of Life on Earth: Insights from This Week in Astronomy"

In about a billion years, the Sun's increasing energy will cause Earth's oceans to evaporate and disappear, rendering the planet uninhabitable as it moves out of the solar system's habitable zone. Despite the Sun having 5 billion years of fuel left, its evolution will lead to Earth's demise long before that, marking the final act in the story of life on our planet.