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▲This Is Not the Way We Usually Imagine the World Will End (nytimes.com)
6 points by Stratoscope 22 hours ago | 2 comments
Stratoscope 22 hours ago [-]
Stars passing close to the sun could cause planets to collide, including with Earth, or even be ejected as rogue planets, new simulations show.

https://archive.is/oaU3l

dlcarrier 21 hours ago [-]
Asimov has a book about this, called Nemesis, where humanity has to stop T̶h̶e̶ ̶B̶o̶r̶g̵ a rogue star from traveling too close to the solar system.
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