英国Sussex大学的几位天文物理学家对此前有关地球将随着太阳一同消亡的观点提出了质疑。他们表示,这一观点忽视了太阳在氢气烧光消亡时会失去大部分重量,其对地球的引力也将随之显著减弱这一重要的因素,因此地球不会成为太阳的“殉葬品”。这些天文物理学家指出,太阳几近消亡时体积会极剧扩张,但地球不会被吸入太阳内部,因 Several astrophysicists at the University of Sussex in the United Kingdom have questioned the idea that the Earth will die with the sun. They said that this view ignores the fact that the sun loses most of its weight when hydrogen burns out, and that its gravity on the earth will also significantly weaken this important factor, so the earth will not become the sun’s “burial product.” These astrophysicists pointed out that when the sun dies, the volume will expand dramatically, but the earth will not be absorbed into the sun.