I recently read that there is a 1:300 chance that a dwarf star will come screaming through our solar system stealing away the Earth. This would be ideal, but a little cold for a while. Earth would then get a second life. Nerd From Hell
> -----Original Message----- > From: camplate [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, April 11, 2002 7:22 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: SCOUTED: Galactic Graveyard: 1,000 Relics of Dying Stars > Discovered > > > > Another unforgivable bit of Brin stuff, people, but article at > > > http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/astronomy/space_graveyar > d_020411.html > > > > Quote: > > Astronomers have found the remnants of a thousand dead and > dying stars in > > the southern part of the Milky Way Galaxy they described as > a galactic > > graveyard. > > > > snip > > > > The new survey was done with the Schmidt Telescope at the > Anglo-Australian > > Observatory in New South Wales. > > > > end quote > > Brett > > What about this: > quote > When our Sun becomes a red giant, its hot atmosphere will > reach out to where Earth now orbits. Scientists say the > planet will be vaporized unless it's orbit changes, a > possibility given the changing gravity of the Sun. > end quote > > How will the gravity change? Is it also casting off matter? I > can see the density changing but... > > Any help? > Kevin T. > Oh, it will be a serious matter...... > >
