What If a Rogue Star Collided With the Sun?

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?

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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[maxgamercool]

I love your vids dude, I’m gonna be an astronomer one day! Can you make more space videos? They are super fun.

[theonejokeking]

It would be cool if there was a realistic way to have the ability to move the entire earth if we needed to so that it would remain habitable. Unfortunately, even if we knew how to I think the biggest flaw would be human beings and the chance of a single maniac rising to power and deciding to kill everyone and everything including themselves by moving the entire earth in a deadly way.

[sjones]

2:00 guy said it could reach our solar system in 1.3 million years. I’m sure we would’ve begin space travel long before that and we would have ships and possibly abandon planet if we need to.

[HidefVince]

I love watching these vids to alleviate constipation. You always manage to get everything out.

[onikamustache]

*rouge star collides with the sun*

My mom: it’s because of that damn phone

[brokenyellowstone]

1.3 million years, all I needed to hear.
Anything bad like this that’ll happen better happen when I’m dead.

[jokerinthebronx]

If our Sun became a blue star, we'd be fine because we'd all get superpowers.

Here's my reasoning. A red sun makes Superman just a normal guy. A yellow sun gives him his powers, and, in the comics, if he's exposed to a blue sun, he becomes, basically a god.

Therefore, If humans are normal under a yellow sun, we should become supermen under a blue one.

I dare anyone to find a flaw in my logic. 😆

[IWasAlwaysThere]

1:58 at least I won’t be around then lol 😂

[debrakleid]

You all manage to come up with every doomsday scenario you can think of! How many does this one make?

[TheEmpressCouture]

Interesting stuff. New subscriber here.

[sweetystars]

At 6:30 .... Never wanted another what if story so quickly 😁

[anthonybille]

I love your content and always look forward to seeing it. I only have one small issue. I don't know Kilometers per hour and would love for you to use Miles per hour. Small request. Lol

[mikecarr]

Can you give a What If with a happy ending please of do you just live the doom and gloom?

[ei]

Hello! I have a suggestion for another video it's: what if earth collided with a white dwarf" if thats possible btw love your vids

[masilomorake]

I love your content. The images are fantastic.

[oddish]

I don't think it's "could spell the end of life on our planet"... I think it's "WOULD spell the end of life on our planet".

[airjacer_]

What if we had 2 half size suns making the equivalent to one sun?

[bat_man]

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Love from India 😀😘

[RJRedtail]

It wouldn't be a "What If" video without that clip 0:14

[johnjackson]

Now if the gleise star had an oort cloud of its own wouldn't it reach into our solar system also?