Alien star system buzzed the Sun

The universe seems smaller today..

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An alien star passed through our Solar System just 70,000 years ago, astronomers have discovered. The object, a red dwarf known as Scholz's star, cruised through the outer reaches of the Solar System - a region known as the Oort Cloud. Observations of the dim star's trajectory suggest that 70,000 years ago this cosmic infiltrator passed within 0.8 light years of the Sun.

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