Today, a colossal asteroid is cruising past our planet at a pretty safe distance, but if humanity is still around in some 1.3 million years, things are going to be getting pretty dicey here on planet ...

THOUSANDS of asteroids are on a collision course with the Earth – but experts predict we will be safe for the next 1.35million years or so. Astronomists have analysed around 2,000 giant space rocks ...

Researchers have known for a while that a star called Gliese 710 is headed straight for our solar system, but they've now worked out precisely when it should arrive. The star is currently hurtling ...

There is a high probability our solar system will feel the effect of a close encounter from a nearby star, according to a new study. The star, known as Gliese 710, could disrupt planetary orbits and ...

A star know to be on a collision course with our solar system will come even closer than first thought, a new study has discovered. Data captured by the European Space Agency's Gaia observatory has ...

A nearby star will very likely make a close encounter with our solar system in more than a million years' time, according to a new study. Gliese 710 could disrupt the orbits of the outer planets, ...

Scientists have discovered that 1.3 million years from now a star will brush past our solar system, potentially sending a huge mass of comets hurtling towards Earth. The star, Gliese 710, will come ...

09:50, Thu, Jan 12, 2017 Updated: 16:47, Thu, Jan 12, 2017 A distant star known as Gliese 710 is barrelling towards Earth and will bring with it millions of asteroids. As it stands, the star is around ...

The star could catapult asteroids into our solar system. Researchers have known for a while that a star called Gliese 710 is headed straight for our solar system, but they’ve now worked out precisely ...

09:50, Thu, Jan 12, 2017 Updated: 16:47, Thu, Jan 12, 2017 A distant star known as Gliese 710 is barrelling towards Earth and will bring with it millions of asteroids. As it stands, the star is around ...