A faint new point of light in the sky observed by astronomers was too far out be a comet; it was much bigger. As a rogue planet passed by our solar system it was never more than a faint speck of light against the dark night to the naked eye. But, that was enough. How could something that appeared so tiny - something so far away - harm us? Astronomers sounded the alarm. For the most part they were ignored. But what could anyone do anyway? With the mass of Jupiter the passing planet was too big to divert. The international space station was upgraded to support long term habitation for the lucky - or unlucky - few hundred who would attempt to sustain humanity in space for as long as they were able. As the interloper left our solar system its gravitational pull dragged Earth ever so slightly away from the sun. As Earth started to spiral away from the sun, the effects were small at first; a drop in global temperature and some unusually cold weather. As Earths orbit became wider and wider, the fate of life on our emerald world was sealed, destined to be entombed in ice and a mix of solid Nitrogen and Oxygen; all that was to remain of our atmosphere. In their last years, the remnants of humanity created monuments recording our history, hoping that one day, billions of years into the future, our planet would be discovered by another sentient species and they would learn of our story. Our icy tomb drifted into the void.
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