Illustration of a possible far-future collision between Earth and Venus. Don't expect survivors. (Adapted from artwork by Lynette Cook)

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   Corey S Powell (coreyspowell@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 07-Dec-2023 06:57:27 JST Corey S Powell

   Here's a fun disaster scenario (ie, not happening anytime soon). Over the next billion years there a 1% chance one of them could pass close enough to disrupt our solar system.

   Then things could go crazy: Earth collides with Venus, for instance, plunges into the Sun, or gets tossed into the Oort Cloud.
   https://arxiv.org/abs/2311.12171
   #science #space #life #future