In the final phases of its "life", our sun will
A) collapse and continue to collapse, forever.
B) collapse to become a white dwarf.
C) turn into a cockroach.
D) blow up in a supernova explosion.
E) pass through the white dwarf state, then the neutron star state, and finally the black hole state.

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The Sun will eventually exhaust its nuclear fuel and shed its outer layers, leaving behind a core that will cool and shrink into a white dwarf. It does not have enough mass to explode as a supernova or become a neutron star or black hole.

In the Final Phases of Its "Life", Our Sun Will