(OPINION) Earth could be peppered with deadly wayward comets in just over a million years’ time when a wandering star enters the outer reaches of the Solar System. Popular culture is full of cosmic doomsday scenarios, many of which involve scientists detecting a large asteroid hurtling towards Earth.
Comets, huge chunks of ice and dirt that encompass the entire solar system in a huge sphere known as the Oort Cloud, are perhaps less prominent in fictional disasters. This could be set to change in the far future. Currently, Earth’s closest star apart from the sun is called Proxima Centauri, located about 4.25 light-years away. But our galaxy is a dynamic, ever-changing place, and in about a million years Earth will have a new, much closer stellar neighbor.
Gliese 710 is a small star that is currently located around 62 light-years from Earth in the constellation Serpens Cauda. Scientists have known for […]
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