Ever wondered about how life as we know it will end? This image from NASA and the ESA's Hubble telescope, taken in 2009, gives us a glimpse into the future. The picture shows a star known as Kohoutek 4-55 in the process of dying. It offers us a rare preview as to what will happen to our sun when it comes to the end of its life. Although it looks pretty, the star, located 4,600 light years away near to the constellation Cygnus, is expanding and burning everything that is close to it – meaning the Earth will also fry. However, we still have some time before this happens – around five billion years, and by that time we will have hopefully found a planet in a far away galaxy to reside in. The ESA said: "The intricate swirls of gas offer us a glimpse of our sun's distant future. "In five billion years' time, our star will be dying. "It is expected to behave in the same way as see here, shedding its outer layers to reveal the burning core, which then becomes a slowly cooling ember known as a