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Scientists Revise Forecasted Collision With Renegade Star 29,000 Years From Now
People expecting to be alive in the year 31023 will be pleased to know that predictions of planetary destruction were greatly exaggerated. | Astronomers are revising predictions a renegade star may end life as we know it 29,000 years from now. ● The findings were published earlier this year in a journal of astrophysics research and relate to the star WD 0810–353, a white dwarf. Previous research based on observations from the European Space Agency’s Gaia telescope suggested the star could be moving in our direction. While it may not directly hit Earth, researchers speculated the heavenly body could pass close enough to our solar system to disrupt the Oort cloud, sending some of its comets and icy debris hurtling our way. ● Scientists are now rethinking that conclusion after taking into account the star’s magnetic field. ● Closer examination of the white dwarf has revealed it has an unusually large magnetic field. This was determined while viewing the star through the Very Large Telescope (VLT) located in northern Chile’s remote Atacama Desert.
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