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When our sun enters its death throes in about 5 billion years, it will incinerate our planet and then dramatically collapse into a dead ember known as a white dwarf.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 18, 2021

At the end of its life, the station will be steered down into the atmosphere, where it will incinerate.

From Reuters • Jan. 8, 2014