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Show I IS 15 THE SUN COOLING ? If the sun is getting gettmg cooler , as some scientists as- as assert assert as assert - sert , , not much evidence eVldence of that fact is supplied supphed b by re- re recent ref recent re recent - f . - cent -cent summer tempeiatures temperatures Still , . most actronomers astronomers actronomersbellee astronomersbelieve astronomersbelieve ; belle\e belle e believe \ he sun is 15 gradually , but very s10\\ s10 slowly s10ly \ \ ly , losmg losmgr losingbeat losingbeatAmong r heat beat beatAmong ! Among those \ who ho hold 110ld this view is Dr E L LZievine LTievine 1 AstrononucalI Tlevine Zievine , president of the Mexican Astrononucal Astronomical AstronomicalSociety eXInctI I AstronomicalI I Society Societyho , \ who \\ho ho points pomts out tha housands of now eXInct eXInctsuns exinctI exinctsuns I I suns al aie are e kno\\ kno known knon \ n to have existed ehisted in the dim . past In Inlectures Inlectures Inlectures I SI lectures at the Un1\erslt Un1 erslt University \ ' of Edinburgh Edmburgh , Prof A S Eddington also e expressed .pressed pressed > . the belief that the unl untscrse universeis untscrseis " crsc crscis is slowly running down . , although he admits the p 5 s- s ssibiiity E-sbility E sbility - . Slbi1ity sibiiity that the heat hrown brown off by our sun and andother andother andother other stars may in some ome manner be gathered agam again agamto againto againto to form new sunsAnyway suns suru sunsAnyway ; Anyway . , Old Sol appears to be god gzod : for a fcv few fewbillion fewbiUion . biUlOn billion years ears more , so his ultimate end has little littlepractical littlepractical littlepractical practical significance for the earth earths s present mhabitanu mhabitants inhabl- inhabl mhabi- mhabi inhablBut - - tanu tants ; tantsBut But it is fascinating to contemplatehat contemplate , what \hat hat \ may be bethe bethe bethe the final fate of mankind . when v.hen vhen . , if ever e\cr e cr \ , , . our sohr solar sohrs solarsystem solarsvstem s system stem undergoes the marked changes " vvliieh "hich hich hich these theseasrcnomcrs theseasrronomers theseasrcnomcrs asrcnomcrs asrronomers predict |