[SunkenCiv]

Image: The orange dwarf approaches. Could this be the scene as Gliese 710 crashes through our solar system? (ESO)

[SunkenCiv]

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[Huskrrrr]

Bush’s fault.

[left that other site]

Hmm. In 1.5 Million YEARS.

We’ll be lucky to get through the next THREE!

[Paladin2]

"currently located 63 light years (away)"

Nothing for Zer0 to worry about.

[Army Air Corps]

How many millenia before it reaches us?

[ErnstStavroBlofeld]

We will all be turned into dust when we see the after effects.

[Eaker]

Should we bother to change the clocks at work tomorrow?

[Ken522]

Sixty three light years away, .. and it'll get here when?

[FlingWingFlyer]

Isn’t Algore predicting that we’re all going to be toast by 2050 anyway?

[JoeProBono]

The Gliese 710 encounter will produce a comet shower roughly six times more severe than what Alpha and Proxima will generate. It’s unlikely, however, that the increase in the number of comets will lead to an extinction-level impact. Nevertheless, the impending passage of a red dwarf at a distance of only 70,000 AU has a certain panache.

[cripplecreek]

Excuse me, pardon me, comin thru, pardon me...

[Acrobat]

Funny thing: Exactly the same thing happened during the first exodus of Jews from Egypt... (<- wierd biblical reference)

And today, as then, Israel will be fighting for it's survival in both times... hmmmm...

[dr_who]

That’s right buckeroos, Lone Star is ridin’ into our system, gun’s blazin. The only man who can save us is US Marshall Matt Dillon ...with the help of Festus!

[SunkenCiv]

:’D

[Nik Naym]

So this thing comes along and destroys earth in about a million and a half years. Great, just great. We just finish paying off Obama’s debts and the world ends a year later. Just my luck.

[Williams]

From a comment posted to the story. Yep, you guessed it:

“The chances of humankind starting to “develop and execute several very ambitious, expensive and long-lived plans” are slim and none. Consider how many are currently in denial of the imminent problems we will soon be experiencing from the effects of global warming. And that will be happening a lot sooner than Gliese 710 is slated to visit.”

[wendy1946]

How much time do we have (I don’t wanna die a virgin...)? ....

[Noob1999]

Wow! Thanks for the head’s up!

I’d best go down to my shelter and check the date code on my peas and green beans!

[ExGeeEye]

Things to Worry About: Asteroid Impact, Massive gamma ray burst from an outside the solar system event, BSE nvCJD, SARS, Smallpox, Ebola ,Flu- (human, bird, swine, duck, chicken), Salmonella, Carbs, Fat, Protein, Terrorists, Anthrax, Earthquakes, Volcanoes, Too little ozone, Too much ozone, Global warming, Global cooling, Global Warming Chaos, Pesticides, Deer ticks, Nerve gas, Dirty bombs, Haliburton, SUVs, Guns, Acid rain, Too much Rain, Too little Rain, Nuclear power, Non-nuclearpower, Nuclear war, Conventional war, Wind Turbines shredding endangered birds, Obesity, Starvation, BCS, The Yankees with A’Rod, NCAA Basketball Tournament Selections, Pit bulls, Rottweilers, German Shepherds, Huskies, Alaskan Malamutes ,Doberman Pinschers, Chow Chows, Great Danes, St. Bernards, Akitas, green ketchup, MRSA (Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus), Pet spiders, Yard Sale Congestion, Red King Crabs, Shadow people, Cattle mutilations, Junk Science, Supersize fries, ”Our worst fears were confirmed”, steroids in baseball, microwave popcorn, HIV, Peak Oil, Cholesterol both LDL and HDL, second hand smoke, Google Telephone Searches, backyard nuclear reactor, Nitrogen pollution, Carbon Dioxide Reported at Record Levels, Dangerous' Curry Colourings, Cataracts from computers, brain tumors from cell phones, fire ants, killer bees, killer tomatoes, killer clowns, the Vast Right Wing Conspiracy, Terrell Owens and Ron Artest, Exploding cell phones, cryptococcus gattii, methylisothiazolinone (MIT), "holiday heart," , U.S. Teens Are Among the Worst at Math, picking your teeth in public, "The Hamdog.", Plastic Wrap in a Microwave, mercury, perfluorooctanoic acid, Teflon, KFC frying oil, Starbucks high calorie coffee drinks, Southern San Andreas fault waiting to explode:, Study Says Earth's Temp at 400-Year High, Earth hottest it's been in 2,000 years,strong electromagnetic currents, everything spinning out of control, more women are clinically depressed than ever before, Warming May Make 'Perfect Storm' of Disease, Tofu 'may raise risk of dementia, Researchers Say Popular Fish Contains Potentially Dangerous Fatty Acid Combination (Tilapia) , More Kidney Stone Disease Projected Due To Global Warming , Earth likely to disappear in two centuries, warn experts,. Reusable bag risk, Global warming of 7C 'could kill billions this century'', Jumbo Slice" pizza joints, New York, Boston "Directly in Path" of Sea Level Rise, The next crisis has already begun, Apocalypse now (World to end, Bush's fault), Sun's Plasma Balls Could Wipe Out Human Civilization....

and now...

Star Predicted to Blast Through the Solar System !!!!!!11!!!!one!!!!!eleven!

[The Comedian]

Frowning takes 68 muscles.
Smiling takes 6.
Pulling this trigger takes 2.
I'm lazy.