QUESTIONS BY KIDS: 'HOW OLD IS THE SUN, AND HOW MUCH OLDER WILL IT GET?'

BOISE, Idaho, Oct. 22 -- Boise State University issued the following news release:

Learning is all about asking questions, and children ask the best questions. Boise State is home to more than 1,400 faculty members and researchers who are eager to answer these amazing questions.

Today, astrophysics postdoctoral researcher Aylin Garcia Soto answers a child's question: "How old is the sun, and how much older will it get?"

At Boise State, Garcia Soto is part of Professor Brian Jacksons' research team, which studies the short period planet group or S(u)PerP(i)G/"Superpig".

"We search for planets around other stars that are spiraling into their star, such as WASP-12b," Garcia Soto said. "This planet is estimated to be absorbed or engulfed by...