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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Whenever Earth reaches their orbit they fall down as shooting stars.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It would never reach it again because the solar system itself is moving and also the milky way

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The interstellar space is not empty. They'll drop down somewhere eventually.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I'm not an expert, but if they are just drifting(without any self propulsion) I think they might ended up not hitting anything and just orbiting the center of the galaxy