A Rogue Star Hurtling Towards Our Solar System Will Arrive Sooner Than We Calculated
Not soon enough I say. via Science Alert: According to new calculations, we may have a little less time to prepare for a star on course to kiss the edges of our Solar System. Yep. Dwarf star Gliese 710, which we’ve known about for some time, could now arrive in 1.29 million years, instead of the previously calculated 1.36 million … Continue reading
A Dangerous Nemesis Star Heading this Way Could Knock Millions of Asteroids Towards Earth
Incoming… slowly. Researchers have known for a while that a star called Gliese 710 is headed straight for our Solar System, but they have now worked out precisely when it should arrive. The star is currently hurtling through space at about 32,000 mph (51,499 km/h), and is around 64 light-years away. (One light-year is around 5,878,000,000,000 miles, or 9,461,000,000,000 kilometres.) … Continue reading
Incoming Star Gliese 710 Will Pass Much Closer Than Previously Thought, Could Spawn Swarms of Comets When It Passes Our Sun
Headline Pic Above: Artist’s impression of Gliese 710, a sun-like star that will travel through our Solar System’s Oort Cloud in about 1.3 million years.© ESO For years, scientists have known that Gliese 710 will come excruciatingly close to our Solar System in about a million years. An updated analysis suggests this star will come considerably closer than we thought, … Continue reading
