Imagine an advanced civilization living on a planet orbiting at a distance of 10 AU (1.5 billion kilometers) from a close binary
star system that consists of a 15 MSun red giant star and a 10 MSun black hole. The black hole is surrounded by an accretion disk. Sometime within the next million years or so, the civilization's planet is likely to be doomed because ___
Civilization's planet is most likely to be doomed because within the next million years the red giant star will possibly supernova.
Explanation:
Civilization's planet is most likely to be doomed because within the next million years the red giant star will possibly supernova. The supernova is the bursting of the star that has reached its end life. This leads to release of massive amount of energy, which can be more than the heat and energy released by the sun.
