15 Cosmic Events That Could Erase Earth (Someday)

12. Planetary Ejection

Planetary ejection is a scenario where gravitational disturbances—perhaps from a passing star or massive planet—could hurl Earth out of the solar system. Once lost in interstellar space, our planet would become a frozen rogue world, devoid of sunlight. Simulations by astronomers and discoveries of rogue planets elsewhere show this fate, while unlikely, is entirely possible in the chaotic life of a solar system.