06.11
Screw this 2012 crap, I’m worried about 2,000,012 when Mars is flung out into deep space and Venus collides with the Earth.
“It will be complete devastation,” said Professor Laskar.
“The planet is coming in at 10km per second – 10 times the speed of a bullet – and of course Mars is much more massive than a bullet.”
Professor Laskar’s calculations also show that there is a possibility of Mercury crashing into Venus. But in that scenario, the Earth would not be significantly affected.
“If there is anyone around billions of years from now, they’d see a burst of light in the sky and the two planets would be merged,” he said.
“The new planet would be a little bit bigger than Venus, and the Solar System would be a little more regular after the collision, but the Earth’s orbit would not be affected.” Via BBC
While they do say that it is really only a small chance that this will happen, and it is millions of years in the future, I am still stockpiling Spam and beans for when it happens.