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Cartoon: When the Sun Hits
March 20, 2024
A view from the ground looks up into the grinning face of the sun. In 6 to7 billion years the sun will become a red giant and explode, but don’t worry, the oceans will rise and boil long before that. By then, I think I’ll be a brain in a vat riding my spaceship somewhere nice, bumping Slowdive because I’ve got loads and loads of Bitcoins. (Gabriel Fiorini | Northern Star)
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The Northern Star is the student-produced, independent media at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb, Ill. and is a limited public forum whose content is determined exclusively by its student editors. Information presented on this website and in its print products is not controlled by NIU administration, faculty or staff. The Star publishes online at northernstar.info and sends out its TLDR newsletter Monday through Friday.
The Northern Star is the student-produced, independent media at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb, Ill. The Northern Star covers NIU campus news, DeKalb news, NIU Huskie sports and northern Illinois entertainment.
The Northern Star is the student-produced, independent media at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb, Ill. The Northern Star covers NIU campus news, DeKalb news, NIU Huskie sports and northern Illinois entertainment.