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A 'runaway star' could save Earth from extinction a billion years from now. Here's how. (www.space.com)

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[–] qooqie 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Lmao I mean yeah, but what are the chances?

[–] DannyMac 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Says so in the article:

Still, it's best not to put your money on a stellar savior. All these possibilities together amount to just a 1-in-35,000 chance that life on Earth will survive after the star whirs by, the researchers found. As Raymond noted in his blog PlanetPlanet, that's roughly the odds of "randomly pulling the ace of spades from two separate decks of cards while also rolling a combined 10 with two dice. Not the best odds."

[–] qooqie 4 points 1 year ago

Isn’t that more saying the chances of survival if a star manages to fly by us?

[–] Mr_Blott 0 points 1 year ago

Says so in the article

As Raymond noted in his blog PlanetPlanet

Remember the bit where we were laughing at the old folks for believing everything they read on Facebook, kiddos?