Herbert George Wells

The Star Annotated Herbert George Wells

"The Star" is an 1897 apocalyptic short story by H. G. Wells. In January (about 1900, presumably), the people of Earth awaken to the news that a strange luminous object has erupted, into the Solar System, after disturbing the normal orbit of the planet Neptune. The object is a celestial body whose luminosity is distinguishable on the sky about the constellation of Leo.