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A Star Passed Through the Oort Cloud Less Than 500,000 Years Ago. It Wasn't the Only One.


in the Milky Way move through space, some of them have an unexpected effect on the Solar System. Over time, one comes closer to the Sun during its orbit in the galaxy.

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