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by fnord77 2415 days ago
...while most things on earth will be burnt up when the sun swells in 5 billion years or so...
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Interesting to imagine what are the odds that earth burns up before they might be hit by a random rock
I think that two grains of sand on beaches of the opposite ends of the Earth are probably more likely to interact than a random rock and a tiny satellite that has left the Solar System into interstellar space.

In fact, in about 40,000 years, Voyager 1 will pass within about 1.6 light-years of the star Gliese 445. It's also likely that it's as close to a star as Voyager 1 will be again, ever.

Space is pretty empty compared to Earth or even our own Solar System.