The Sun: Our Perfectly Average Middle Aged Star | Video

Monday, November 12, 2012 - 17:50 in Astronomy & Space

Compared to the biggest and smallest stars, the size of our sun is right in the middle. And it's in the middle of it's life too; 5 billion years old and 5 billion yet to go before expanding into a red giant then collapsing into a white dwarf.

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