At death the Sun will

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The prompt asks to consider what happens to the Sun at death and to evaluate the provided answer choices. However, the data supplied for this item includes an empty set of answer options, which means there are no alternative statements to compare against.

In the absence of listed options, I can still address the underlying scientific claim that is provided as the correct answer: that the Sun will expand into a red giant and then shed its outer layers to leave behind a white dwarf. This sequence is the standard stellar-evolution path for a star of roughly one solar mass: after exhausting hydrogen in its core, the Sun will ascend the red-giant branch, during which its outer envelope expands dramatically and its luminosity increases; following this stage, the core will contract and heat up, eventually causing the outer layers to be expelled and leaving behind a hot, dense white-dwarf remnant composed mostly of carbon and oxygen.

If there had been multiple choices, we would assess each option by checking whether it correctly described this evolutionary path. For example, an option claiming the Sun would simply disappear without a trace would be incorrect, as there is a well-understood physical process of expansion, mass loss, and cooling into a white dwarf. An option suggesting the Sun would explode as a supernova would also be wrong for a star of this mass, since such explosions are associated with more massive stars or specific binary interactions. An option stating the Sun remains unchanged would contradict stellar evolution theory. In short, the scientifically supported sequence is expansion to a red giant followed by white-dwarf formation, while alternatives would be mischaracterizations of stellar evolution.

Because no answer choices are provided here, there is no option-by-option analysis to perform beyond noting the absence of choices and reaffirming the standard stellar-evolution narrative for a Sun-like star.

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