Earth's Final Sunset Predicted

That is an awful long time to wait, so why are we talking about this event now?

For a start, what makes people think that humans will be around to experience it?

I believe that humans will be long gone by the time this event happens, we have either died out or we have colonised a new planet. Lets face it, the history of human habitation on this planet is a very short one in terms of the history of our solar system or the universe as a whole!

Spencer.

The Moon presents the same face to the Earth, i.e. for any stationary observer on the Moon, Earthrise has stopped. The cause is tidal locking.

Now, the day length on Earth is increasing over time. So eventually the Earth will present the same face to the Sun. The cause will also be tidal locking.

So the question now is, will Sunrise stop before the expanding Sun swallows it or not?

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