A new study found that adding another planet to the solar system in the large gap between Mars and Jupiter would throw Earth out of orbit.

Many scientists have expressed dismay over the large gap between Jupiter and Mars, a gap big enough to seemingly fit another planet of various sizes, according to the Jerusalem Post.

A new study found that such an addition would be catastrophic for humans, as it would throw Earth out of the solar system and wipe out every living organism on the terrestrial body.

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The study, "The Dynamical Consequences of a Super-Earth in the Solar System," authored by University of California, Riverside astrophysicist Stephen Kane and published in the Planetary Science Journal, aimed to explore two large gaps in the solar system. It looked at the gap in size between Earth, the largest nongas planet, and Neptune, the smallest gas planet. It also looked at the distance gap between Mars and Jupiter.

"If Earth were the size of a nickel, Neptune would be about as big as a baseball," NASA described in reference to the size difference between Earth and Neptune.

Kane's study notes the vast distance between Mars and Jupiter.

“The architecture of the solar system's planetary orbits exhibits a substantial gap between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter, populated by a vast reservoir of asteroids,” the study reads. “These features of the solar system architecture provide compelling evidence of past interactions, and numerous challenges remain for solar system formation models.”

“Planetary scientists often wish there was something in between those two planets. It seems like wasted real estate,” Kane told the Jerusalem Post.

But when Kane's team ran detailed computer simulations of a planet between Mars and Jupiter, the results were catastrophic. The fictional planet upset the delicate gravitational balance of the solar system, sending Earth spiraling deep into outer space.

“This fictional planet gives a nudge to Jupiter that is just enough to destabilize everything else,” Kane said. “Despite many astronomers having wished for this extra planet, it’s a good thing we don’t have it.”

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Overall, the experiment left Kane with a greater appreciation of the delicacy of the universe.

“Our solar system is more finely tuned than I appreciated before. It all works like intricate clock gears. Throw more gears into the mix and it all breaks,” he concluded.