TEOLAWKI revisited

Once again, we learn we are doomed: "Hope dims that Earth will survive Sun's death."

The slim chance our planet will survive when the Sun begins its death throes has been ruled out. ...

In a few billion years, the Sun will fuse the last of its hydrogen into helium, turn into a red giant and expand to 250 times its current size. At first, the Sun’s loss of mass will loosen its gravitational pull on Earth, which will allow the planet to migrate to a wider orbit about 7.6 billion years from now.

Scientists have ruled out that the earth will move far enough away to escape destruction, though.

It's yet another example of The End Of Life As We Know It. Except now it's even worse because it's just plain the end of life, period.

I am just so bummed out. First there was the supernova and galaxy-attack scenarios. Then the predicted return of the comet Genondahwayanung, which pretty much annihilated most life in North America when it came here the first time. And then the massive gas cloud speeding toward a collision with the Milky Way! Then we learn that the earth's atmosphere may detonate. And then the asteroids. Then the black hole death stars! I tell ya, I'm starting to think that sooner or later, every one of us is going to wind up dead.