A rogue star is headed straight for our Sun. If these two stars slam into each other, it could spell the end of all life on our planet. How could a rogue star end up in our Solar System? What would this epic collision look like? And how much time do you have left to live? What is Gliese 710? Where in the Oort Cloud is it? Is a rogue star in our Solar System?

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00:00 Rogue star heading straight for the Sun
00:42 What is a rogue star?
02:52 Pushing Earth out of the habitable zone
04:25 HIgh energetic neutrinos
05:30 Merging into a bigger star

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