Close Call! 'Scholz's Star' Grazed Our Solar System 70,000 Years Ago

Thursday, February 19, 2015 - 16:00 in Astronomy & Space

A dim red dwarf and its brown-dwarf companion likely grazed the outer edges of the solar system 70,000 years ago in what scientists say was the closest encounter ever between our sun and another star.

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