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Earth is ‘going to be a sizzling ball of fire by 2600,’ Stephen Hawking warns

Rob Waugh for Metro.co.ukTuesday 7 Nov 2017 1:38 pm
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British cosmologist Stephen Hawking delivers a video message AFP/Getty
Professor Stephen Hawking has come out with another of his cheery predictions of apocalypse – and this time, he reckons the world’s going to turn into a ‘ball of fire’.
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Speaking via radio link in Beijing, the physicist says that soaring population and demands for energy will turn the world into a sizzling ball of fire by 2600.
Prof Hawking says our only chance is to escape our planet – and says his Breakthrough Starshot project could be the first step on the way.
Professor Hawking said that he hoped that tiny spaceships propelled by beams of light could reach Alpha Centauri within his audience’s lifetime.
Breakthrough Starshot Initiative, a plan to send a fleet of tiny spacecraft to Alpha Centauri. Credit: Breakthrough Initiatives
Hawking says, ‘Such a system could reach Mars in less than an hour, or reach Pluto in days, pass Voyager in under a week and reach Alpha Centauri in just over 20 years.’
Professor Hawking has championed the ‘Breakthrough Starshot’ for a project to send a spacecraft to Alpha Centauri in 20 years.
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Earth is ‘going to be a sizzling ball of fire by 2600,’ Stephen Hawking warns

Rob Waugh for Metro.co.ukTuesday 7 Nov 2017 1:38 pm
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British cosmologist Stephen Hawking delivers a video message AFP/Getty
Professor Stephen Hawking has come out with another of his cheery predictions of apocalypse – and this time, he reckons the world’s going to turn into a ‘ball of fire’.

Speaking via radio link in Beijing, the physicist says that soaring population and demands for energy will turn the world into a sizzling ball of fire by 2600.
Prof Hawking says our only chance is to escape our planet – and says his Breakthrough Starshot project could be the first step on the way.
Professor Hawking said that he hoped that tiny spaceships propelled by beams of light could reach Alpha Centauri within his audience’s lifetime.
Breakthrough Starshot Initiative, a plan to send a fleet of tiny spacecraft to Alpha Centauri. Credit: Breakthrough Initiatives
Hawking says, ‘Such a system could reach Mars in less than an hour, or reach Pluto in days, pass Voyager in under a week and reach Alpha Centauri in just over 20 years.’
Professor Hawking has championed the ‘Breakthrough Starshot’ for a project to send a spacecraft to Alpha Centauri in 20 years.
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