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[–] anindefinitearticle@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

While true, as the sun expands in old age the habitable zone will move outwards in our solar system.

We only realistically have about a billion years left on this rock. Twice as far in the future as the Cambrian explosion is in the past (500 mya).