If a star were to pass in between the earth and the sun ... it would be bad.
I’ll be 61 next month, with a billion things to worry about before I worry about a passing star, but I’ll put it on my list.
Speaking of a star here or there for a steller close encounter is one thing, but....
What about a trillion star encounter? Such WILL happen, with Andromeda galaxy and the Milky Way making a beeline for each other. One trillion stars will “collide” with the 100 billion Milky Way stars.
Timeframe for any concerned.... About 3 billion years.
Sounds like an Obama fund-raising bash in Tinsel Town.
Leni
As I see it, everything in that article, plus $1.50 will get you a cup of coffee most places besides Starbucks.
The galaxy is nothing more than a giant bumper car track and one day the ride will be over.
We'd better be nice to the Erf so Gaia is willing to give us her data ....
Pretty interesting stuff. I hadn’t heard about the close approach of Gl710. Unfortunately, I won’t be around to make observations.
I didn’t know stars were going in the “wrong” direction. I thought with the big bang everything was expanding? Unless it is traveling from the center going faster than our system. Sorry if I sound confused, just not visualizing how this is happening. I’m a visual learner.
Reminds me of the first SF book I ever read - “The Black Star Passes” by John W. Campbell.