On Tue, Jul 29, 2014 at 08:21:50AM -0400, Kurt Feltenberger wrote:
> >Sorry Kurt, I'm writing this as hard SF, not a space opera.
>
> What part of the question was "space opera"?

None.  One possible (though unlikely) outcome of an incoming neutron
star is a supernova, if it passes close enough to the Sun.

Though even if the question were a silly space-opera one, it's still
perfectly plausible that a reporter might ask such a question.

- Tim