All articles tagged with #solar system stability
Recent simulations suggest that a passing star could potentially destabilize our solar system, increasing the risk of planetary ejections or collisions, including a small but notable chance of Earth being involved in such an event over the next few billion years, though these scenarios are considered unlikely.
A new study suggests that a rogue star passing close to the solar system could destabilize planetary orbits, potentially ejecting Earth and other planets over billions of years, with stellar influences being more disruptive than internal chaos.
A new study suggests that a passing star could potentially save Earth from its inevitable extinction caused by the sun's increasing heat. Researchers ran 12,000 simulations and found that in 92% of cases, the solar system remained stable even as a star passed by. In 0.28% of simulations, the passing star pulled Earth into a more temperate region, while in other scenarios, Earth ended up in the Oort cloud or as a free-floating planet. However, the chances of a star passing by and rescuing Earth are only 1 in 35,000, making it a highly unlikely scenario.