• Question: would the world end

    Asked by jimbob to Áine, Ciarán, Eoin, Lydia, Victoria on 18 Nov 2014.
    • Photo: Lydia Bach

      Lydia Bach answered on 18 Nov 2014:

      Hey,

      There are lots of different ways the world could end.

      The sun engulfs the earth – this will eventually happen. When I say eventually I mean in about 5 billions of year. Hopefully humans can fly somewhere else by then. Or we could be hit by a meteor. That is not very likely to happen either… Or Aliens come and destroy the planet. They have vast distances to travel though, so I wouldn’t worry about this too much.

      Thinking about it there isn’t actually that much that could destroy the whole planet.

    • Photo: Ciarán O'Brien

      Ciarán O'Brien answered on 18 Nov 2014:

      Oh the world will end all right. In a few billion years, the sun will run out of hydrogen and expand until it swallows the planet. Chances are better that the world will end because some eejit pushed the wrong button and fired off all the nuclear weapons.

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