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Did a Passing Star Shower Us with Comets?

We might be living through a comet shower created by a star that millions of years ago jostled the Oort Cloud surrounding the solar system.

Dusty disks surround multiple stars forming together

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Passing Baby Stars Lock Arms in Rare Astronomical Find

Astronomers have discovered a bridge of gas and dust between two protostars, the signature of a close encounter 15,000 years ago.

Young solar system

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A Visiting Star Might Have Reshaped the Outer Solar System

Billions of years ago, the close pass of another star might have sculpted the outer regions of our solar system.