"Rogue Star's Potential Orbit Disruption: Threat or Savior for Earth?"

Researchers suggest that in around a billion years, a passing rogue star could potentially knock Earth out of its orbit and back into a cooler zone, saving it from becoming uninhabitable due to the Sun's expansion. Rogue stars, which have been ejected from their home solar systems, pose a rare but potential threat to planets in their path. Simulations show that Earth could end up in a colder orbit or even in the Oort cloud, but the chances of survival in such a scenario are still very slim, estimated at about 1-in-35,000.