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800 years from now, it will plow into an alien mini van, killing a waixglar family. Their leaders will declare war on us.
Then, due to a terrible miscalculation of scale, the entire battle fleet will be swallowed by a small dog.
Unfortunately, a quirk of gravitational lensing resulted in a very unpleasant bowel movement for said dog. When asked for comment, the veterinarian involved could only offer, "I don't envy him".
P.S. my physics is shaky at best so don't know if it works from a physics perspective, but it really felt "Hitchhikers" enough to try