The end of the world, the extermination of the Earth, the apocalypse of galactic origin, is one of the greatest fears about the future of the human race among lovers of the stars, the POT and space exploration.
If you, dear reader, consume this type of news, you will be perfectly familiar with the fact that approximately every 24 hours there is some news with a fatalistic tone where it is ensured that the extinction of the planet is near thanks to some stellar body.
The amount of news about asteroids that threaten to crash into the Earth and the existence of other astral phenomena that could affect the balance and future of our planet are a daily topic.
But in reality, there is a list of very specific threats that could actually represent the end of our home and even the solar system. Here we share them:
These Threats From Space Can Really Annihilate Earth
A sun storm.
The Earth is constantly and routinely exposed to bursts of energy from the sun.
Fortunately, our atmosphere, the ozone layer and the planet’s magnetic field always manage to deflect the greatest threats of this type.
But in the case of a solar flare: a flash of light that shoots out X-rays and energy at the speed of light in brutal amounts would be something that this field could not withstand.
Since 1859 we have not had a geomagnetic storm of serious magnitude on Earth. The problem for our modern times is that this phenomenon would collapse our telecommunications systems for months, including the internet infrastructure.
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This mega comet has a diameter of 137 kilometers, with a mass 100,000 times greater than that of an average comet and an icy nucleus. It looks like something out of an apocalyptic movie starring Bruce Willis.
As of August 2022 there is no real risk of it crashing into Earth, but it will pass by one side, 1.6 billion kilometers away in 2031. The hope is that it will not alter its course in this time.
the andromeda galaxy
As reported in the newspaper The clarin, Andromeda is the largest galaxy in our solar system and is located 2.5 million light years from Earth.
But this brutal body is slowly advancing towards our Milky Way and is currently the greatest threat to the future of the Earth.
So far this is the only real threat that has doomed our planet and the entire solar system. But this end of time will happen in 3,000 to 5,000 million years.