US Edition'Eventually, all life on Earth will be destroyed by the sun': Elon Musk explains his drive to colonize Mars
- Elon Musk explained on May 6, 2025, to Jesse Watters that all life on Earth will eventually be destroyed by the sun's expansion.
- This event follows scientific consensus that the sun’s increasing output will make Earth uninhabitable in about 450 million years due to rising temperatures.
- Musk highlighted his ambition to establish an independent and thriving human settlement on Mars as a way to safeguard humanity’s future in the event Earth becomes uninhabitable.
- He explained that establishing a presence on Mars serves as a safeguard to preserve humanity's existence, and he forecasted that crewed missions to the planet could commence within the next ten years.
- This vision implies that becoming a multi-planet civilization is necessary to preserve life beyond Earth's gradual destruction by the sun.
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Elon Musk is back with another dose of cosmic doomsaying, recently telling Fox News that “all life on Earth will be destroyed by the sun. It’s gradually expanding, we do at some point have to be a multi-planetary civilization because Earth will be incinerated.” Oh, good. Just what we needed — a billionaire with a plan for a future catastrophe that’s roughly 5 billion years away. It’s a bold, apocalyptic flex that puts Musk in direct conflict wit…
Elon Musk Warns that “Earth Will Be Destroyed by the Sun”—His Plan to Save Us Is on Mars
5 billion years from now until Earth might get engulfed by our Sun, which will turn into a red giant star. But Elon Musk wants to stay prepared from now, and he believes the key to human existence in the future will be populating Mars.
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