Saturday, March 13, 2010

Orange Dwarf Confirmed To Be On Collision Course With Earth

Gliese 710 Hi there, neighbor! NASA

From Popular Science:

Our solar system's 'hood may get a bit rougher sometime during the next 1.5 million years. An astronomer has given an 86 percent chance for a neighboring star to smash into the frozen Oort Cloud surrounding the outskirts of the solar system, and may scatter some comets toward Earth, Technology Review reports.

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