Earth-Venus/Mars smash-up !? o_O

This topic caught my attention when I accidentally clicked on msn home page-_-'' (MSN sometimes really has some interesting news...astronomy especially (^ ^) )

"A force known as orbital chaos may cause our Solar System to go haywire, leading to possible collision between Earth and Venus or Mars, according to a study released Wednesday."


*eeps?!?!?!*

"The good news is that the likelihood of such a smash-up is small, around one-in-2500.

And even if the planets did careen into one another, it would not happen before another 3.5 billion years"

*-∇-'' phew,safe for now.*

Another interesting part....

The researchers looked at 2,501 possible scenarios, 25 of which ended with a severely disrupted Solar System.

"There is one scenario in which Mars passes very close to Earth," 794 kilometres (493 miles) to be exact, said Laskar.

"When you come that close, it is almost the same as a collision because the planets gets torn apart."

Life on Earth, if there still were any, would almost certainly cease to exist.

alamakz...-_-'' really RIP together.....Astronomy is -∇-'' I wonder why mom oppose moi to choose this subject as my future career?I've always dreamt to study and get a degree !!!-_-
-_-+ nvm..I'll save for now!
one day..I'm gonna learn more about this +_+(my telescope is actually rotting @ one corner-∇-'')

read more about this news from the link~
http://news.sg.msn.com/topstories/article.aspx?cp-documentid=3373764