24. We Must Be Aware Of The Sun’s Age, As Well As Our Neighbors
When looking for a new planet, we must consider a lot of things. However, one thing may be forgotten about in our haste to find a perfect planet. That is often the age of the star that is going to be our new sun. If it’s quite old or near dying levels, this is not good for us. First, because it’s not going to be around a long time and will one day die.
Second, a big supernova could be possible. But the biggest issue is that some stars may be close to this planet we now call home. Even if our star is fine but there are others close to us that are reaching supernova levels, we have a problem. The safest distance from any supernova is 50 to 100 lightyears. 1 lightyear equals 6 trillion miles. You do the math on how far one needs to be from a supernova. This is further than the distance our Sun is to Pluto!