Ex-NASA scientist proposes wild theory to prevent Earth burning when Sun begins expansion

David Holz, a former NASA scientist, has proposed a ory to expand distance of Earth from Sun in order to preserve blue planet and human species for at least 5 billion more years. According to scientist, planet will burn up unless humans don't 'steal' energy from Jupiter’s orbit. Ph.D. scholar also proposed using giant asteroids to make Earth’s orbit bigger. He said that proposed plan would help scientists in enlarging distance of Earth from Sun. Though, former NASA scientist affirmed that idea he is pitching is 'out-of-this-world', but claimed it would have good results if -related techlogy comes toger.

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New academic papers published by NASA and or universities have elaborated about Holz idea 

In order to make his idea more concrete, Holz took to microblogging site to share a screengrab from a new academic paper published by NASA, University of California, and University of Michigan professors. paper is titled, 'Astromical engineering: a strategy for modifying planetary orbits.' "Earth burns in a billion years when sun expands. UNLESS we steal energy from Jupiter to gradually expand Earth's orbit! We can *actually* do this by diverting a large asteroid (0.01% size of moon) to pass between Earth and Jupiter every 6000(!) years," read  NASA scientist's Twitter post on August 10 referring to a time that will come billions of years from w when Sun reaches end of its lifespan, at which point it will expand multi-fold and even engulf Earth within itself, before finally collapsing in on itself due to its own gravity. Sun, a main-sequence star, is roughly at middle of its estimated lifespan at moment.

Idea must be repeated after every 6,000 years: Scientist

According to him, in coming years, temperature of blue planet would rise to such an extent that it becomes difficult for humans as well as animals to survive. He suggested stealing energy from Jupiter which would be furr used to expand Earth's orbit. Also, he proposed that idea must be repeated after every 6,000 years in order to make Earth safe.  
It is worth mentioning that he is same scientist who had proposed to build country-sized solar panels and suggested to place high above atmosphere to block Sun’s rays. This would help scientists in adjusting Earth’s temperature manually.

Asteroid bigger than Burj Khalifa passed by Earth at speed of 94,208 Kmph, confirms NASA

Recently, NASA scientists said that an immensely huge asteroid, which is believed to be bigger than world's tallest skyscraper, Burj Khalifa, has passed by planet Earth on Saturday, August 21. asteroid had been classified as "potentially hazardous" and has been named "2016 AJ193" by National Aeronautics and Administration (NASA). It is around 1.4 km wide and 4,500 feet in diameter. According to reports by US ncy, asteroid, which is a cluster of 1,000 rocks, will pass by Earth at a speed of 94,208 km per hour - about 26.17 km per second.

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