The sun isn't massive enough to explode. It will just expand and get hotter, making Earth too hot to support life, and then burn out, making Earth too cold to support life. And even a supernova probably won't destroy atoms. Most of our atoms will probably survive the 'death' of the sun.

[–] mycatiskai@lemmy.one 5 points 10 months ago

I'll just have to be happy knowing matter breaks down and I won't be me but the things that were me will be other things, unaware of what they were.

[–] SexualPolytope@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 10 months ago

Gotta wait till the heat death of the universe, then.

[–] bufordt@sh.itjust.works 1 points 10 months ago

I thought the sun will become a red giant, and the earth will eventually be pulled into the sun. Which I believe will still leave most of our atoms intact.