• Question: Do you think the Earth will explode? If so when will it happen?

    Asked by fishofdestiny to Adam, Catherine, Karen, Leila, Nazim on 16 Mar 2012. This question was also asked by funkymonkey.
    • Photo: Adam Stevens

      Adam Stevens answered on 16 Mar 2012:

      Nope!

    • Photo: Karen Masters

      Karen Masters answered on 16 Mar 2012:

      Nothing I know of could make the Earth explode.

    • Photo: Leila Battison

      Leila Battison answered on 19 Mar 2012:

      Even though there are volcanoes erupting on the surface of the Earth, these are only tiny compared to the whole planet, it would take some serious something to make the whole Earth explode! There’s nothing that we know of that can do that, fortunately….

      But in about five billion years time, scientists think that the sun will expand to at least twice its size now, and then the Earth will be caught up and burnt to a crisp! But I don’t think humans will be around then, we’ll have probably left for the stars a long time before then!

    • Photo: Nazim Bharmal

      Nazim Bharmal answered on 19 Mar 2012:

      No, that won’t happen because there is nothing inside it to cause an explosion. Instead, the sun will destroy the Earth slowly as the Sun grows and swallows us up.

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