If the sun does explode in the far future, what would make it explode?

Question

If the sun does explode in the far future, what would make it explode?

In: Physics

Answer 1

Not the most educated opinion, but stars don’t explode, at least not by our definition. They collapse, turning into either super novas or black holes. Both of these processes take way too long a time to mimic any sort of explosion you’d see down here on earth.