6. Choose the sentence in the reading below that describes the lifespan of the Sun.

What is the Lifespan of The Sun?

The Sun has always been the center of our solar system. The Sun is merely one of countless stars in our Universe, and like all stars, it has a lifespan, characterized by a formation, main sequence, and eventual death. This lifespan began roughly 4.6 billion years ago and will continue for about another 4.5 – 5.5 billion years, when it will deplete its supply of hydrogen, helium, and collapse into a white dwarf.

Currently, the Sun is about halfway through the most stable part of its life. This will stay the case for another four billion years, at which point, it will have exhausted its supply of hydrogen fuel. When that happens, the Sun as we know it will go through a drastic change!

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This lifespan began roughly 4.6 billion years ago, and will continue for about another 4.5 – 5.5 billion years, when it will deplete its supply of hydrogen, helium, and collapse into a white dwarf.
This lifespan began roughly 4.6 billion years ago, and will continue for about another 4.5 – 5.5 billion years, when it will deplete its supply of hydrogen, helium, and collapse into a white dwarf.

The Sun is merely one of countless stars in our Universe, and like all stars, it has a lifespan, characterized by a formation, main sequence, and eventual death.
The Sun is merely one of countless stars in our Universe, and like all stars, it has a lifespan, characterized by a formation, main sequence, and eventual death.

This will stay the case for another four billion years, at which point, it will have exhausted its supply of hydrogen fuel.
This will stay the case for another four billion years, at which point, it will have exhausted its supply of hydrogen fuel.

Currently, the Sun is about halfway through the most stable part of its life.

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The sentence that describes the lifespan of the Sun is:

"This lifespan began roughly 4.6 billion years ago and will continue for about another 4.5 – 5.5 billion years, when it will deplete its supply of hydrogen, helium, and collapse into a white dwarf."