The Solar wind carries mass away from the Sun at a rate of about 2 million tons/s (1 ton = 1000 kg).?

Question:

At this rate how long, would it take for all the Sun’s mass to escape?

Answer:
The sun loses about 10^-14 solar masses per year. In its remaining lifetime of approximately 6 billion years, it will only loose about 0.00002 times its own mass. This works out to about 0.02 the mass of Jupiter or about the mass of the Earth.

3.17 x 10^14 years. Don't worry, the Sun won't last that long. There's also nuclear fusion at work.

It would take like 5-7 billion years.

The Solar wind carries mass away from the Sun at a rate of about 2 million tons/s (1 ton = 1000 kg).?

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