The Earth has an expiry date – in about five billion years, the Sun will expand and swallow up our home world. But it turns out life on Earth could have a much earlier end point. A new study has found that in about a billion years’ time, the atmosphere will lose most of its oxygen rapidly, which may have important implications in the search for life on other planets.
Category: Environment, Science
Tags: Oxygen, Atmosphere, Earth, Geology, Exoplanet, Extraterrestrial
Source: https://newatlas.com/environment/earth-atmosphere-oxygen-life-expectancy/
