How Sun's Lost Twin Is Still Affecting The Solar System @TheSecretsoftheUniverse

The Secrets of the Universe | How Sun's Lost Twin Is Still Affecting The Solar System @TheSecretsoftheUniverse | Uploaded March 2023 | Updated October 2024, 4 days ago.
In the 1980s, astronomers proposed that the Sun actually had an evil trouble-making twin called Nemesis that swings past the solar system every 26-27 million years. Its gravitational turbulence sends a cloud of comets hurtling our way. And it's possible that the twin was the culprit that kicked an asteroid into Earth's orbit, which eventually collided with our planet, triggering the fifth mass extinction event that wiped out the dinosaurs.

But the question is that if Nemesis is out there, where do we search for it?

REFERENCES:

[Paper] Embedded binaries and their dense cores, Sadavoy and Stahler, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society - bit.ly/3mDXCTA

[Article] Our Sun May Have Been Born With a Trouble-Making Twin Called 'Nemesis,' Mike Mcrae - ScienceAlert - bit.ly/3ZYOasx

[Press Release] New Evidence That All Stars are Born in Pairs, Robert Sanders, Berkley News - bit.ly/3ynbbtk

[Article] Nemesis Star Theory: The Sun's 'Death Star' Companion, Space.com - bit.ly/3J1JxH3

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