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The far planets are left alone

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The Sun's red-giant edge never reaches Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, or Neptune — they're much too far away. Jupiter and Saturn keep their gas, and Saturn's beautiful rings stay right where they are, calmly orbiting.

The far planets do drift a little farther out over time, though, because as the Sun sheds mass, its gravity pulls a bit less strongly.

STAGE 4

All chapters in How the Sun Says Goodbye

  1. The Sun runs low on fuel
  2. The Sun swells into a red giant
  3. The far planets are left alone
  4. A gentle puff, not a blast
  5. What's left: a white dwarf
  6. Cooling into a black dwarf