RE: Will the sun explode?
August 31, 2018 at 10:36 am
(This post was last modified: August 31, 2018 at 11:41 am by Jehanne.)
(August 31, 2018 at 9:40 am)Anomalocaris Wrote: Helium flash is a core phenomenon. It will produce no external manifestation reminiscent of any explosion.
That is true, as the helium flash will only last an hour or so; however, the Sun will leave the main sequence, and there will be irrevocable changes after that.
P.S. Helium flashes do leave some observational changes:
Astronomers observe star reborn in a flash