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In 5 billion years time the sun will cool, expand and swallow the Earth up. At about the same time, the Andromeda galaxy will collide with our own, causing havoc galaxy wide. Stars could be ripped out of their normal orbits, or stars may collide, and planets ripped from orbit and flung into space.
