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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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[โ€“] spittingimage 3 points 1 year ago

We could move the planet ourselves by building solar sails in hyperbolic orbits that use a gravity assist from Earth to slow down. We do the same thing at the moment with space probes to speed them up - it's all about the angle of the approach.

It's a big planet, but we have plenty of time. If we started relatively soon we could do it slow and cheap.