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kingmudsy · 3383 days ago · link · · parent · post: An alien star passed through our Solar System just 70,000 years ago, astronomers have announced.
Oh boy, just 30,000 more years! Seriously, though, I hope that in 30,000 years we're 1) still around and 2) able to go check this out.While this is the closest flyby detected so far, Dr Mamajek thinks it's not uncommon for alien stars to buzz the Sun. He says a star probably passes through the Oort Cloud every 100,000 years, or so.