Re: The Return of The Thagomizer... :-)

[David Marjanovic <david.marjanovic@gmx.at>]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Andreas Johansson" <andreasj@gmail.com>
Sent: Saturday, July 07, 2007 7:44 PM

> > That would be surprising, because the sun gets steadily (though slowly)
> > brighter with time. It started at 70 % of its total brightness.
>
> I believe you mean 70% of *current* brightness.

ARGH! Of course. It will continue to get brighter and brighter. The end of 
life due to overheating is scheduled for one billion years in the future.