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What will happen when the sun runs out of hydrogen to convert to helium?

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Sun will no longer be able to power itself as it does now (This will occur in about 5 billion years.) The Sun will then start to collapse, and the increasing pressure will allow the Sun to start fusing helium into carbon and oxygen, and it will expand into a red giant. 
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