According to prof Brian Cox the sun would start to expand in an attempt find material to feed the fire…We would end up being that material, but it would be a gradual heating process rather than an instant explosion.
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That must be what being cremated is like 
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Horrible thought, but you might be correct. A pressure cooker!
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I hope I’d be unaware. Sounds like a horrible 8 minutes that won’t make a difference.
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just the tan I’ve always wanted!
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That’s the thing butterscotch, the more you have crammed into your life, the longer it will take to flash before your eyes
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For some bizarre reason, when I read the thread title, I thought you were talking about The Sun newspaper - I would be cheering if that rag suddenly exploded! 
I can’t get my mind around the idea of the real Sun suddenly exploding - it’s so unlikely in our lifetime, I think - if that happened, I probably wouldn’t have time process the information before my demise.
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There was a BBC drama based on sun destroying the earth…It was good and probably would unfold in real life if that was to happen…
Hard Sun is a pre-apocalyptic crime drama set in contemporary London. The protagonists are two mismatched police officers, Charlie Hicks and Elaine Renko, who stumble upon proof that a mysterious cosmic event will destroy the earth in five years, a fact the government is trying to keep secret to avoid complete anarchy. The duo is pursued by MI5 operatives who are trying to silence them for good.[12]
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The interesting scenario is where you will be when death occurs, and, will you have any control over it
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Yep, knowing how much the establishment keep from Joe public, we might never know when…
Boom…
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well I was lying on bondi beach the other day and thought it had?
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Goodness, what could cause that? Our sun has trillions of years of life left before the helium burns out and eventually becomes a nebula. By the time that happens, we’ll either be extinct or have developed the technology to relocate human life elsewhere.
Our sun is way too small to go supernova and explode.
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Sorry, can’t comment, never seen a Sun explode before so, all we have is data 
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And computer modelling…The computers don’t do a very good job forecasting the weather further than a week, and they have most certainly got it wrong about the effects of CO2 on the atmosphere.
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We just need to wait, and see.
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Check out the NASA website. They have tons of real imagery from supernovas! 
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I bet they do. 
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Lots of imaginary
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It used to be called ‘An Artists Impression’ then it was ‘CGI’ now it’s Al…Who the hell is Al?
I gather that Betelgeuse is due to explode quite soon, in about 100000 years which is soon in cosmological terms. I shan’t wait up.
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