Gliese 710 Is Coming Toward Our Solar System
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A star is heading toward our Solar System — and astronomers already know which one. The star is Gliese 710, an orange dwarf currently around 62 light-years away. In roughly 1.3 million years, Gliese 710 is expected to make an extremely close stellar flyby and pass through the distant Oort Cloud, the enormous reservoir of icy objects and long-period comets surrounding our Solar System. Gliese 710 will not collide with Earth or the Sun. But its gravity could significantly disturb objects in the Oort Cloud, potentially sending some comets toward the inner Solar System while ejecting others into interstellar space. A recent simulation followed 100 million test comets to study what could happen during the future Gliese 710 flyby. The results reveal something even stranger: some effects of the encounter could continue for millions of years after the star itself has already passed. So what exactly will happen when Gliese 710 reaches our Solar System? Could it trigger a future comet shower? An
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