A close-up image of Gliese 710, a red dwarf star projected to become our closest stellar neighbor in a million years. Currently located 63 light-years away in Ophiuchus, this faint star will brighten considerably as it approaches our solar system, potentially impacting the Oort Cloud. The image is from the Palomar Digitized Sky Survey.

Astronomy Picture from 11/12/1999

A Close Encounter Of The Stellar Kind

Source: https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap991211.html


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