Universe TodaySolar / Space WeatherNov 7, 20261 min

Our Sun’s Undiscovered Stellar Nemesis Is Still Out There, Says Physicist

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Our Sun’s Undiscovered Stellar Nemesis Is Still Out There, Says Physicist

Astroboat summary

The decades old idea that our solar system’s Oort Cloud is continually perturbed by a heretofore undetected low mass Red Dwarf star remains the best explanation for periodicities found in Earth’s impact record. Or so says a well known physicist who has long championed this idea.

Topic context

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