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lilhokie525 OP
May 23, 2026 at 07:28 AM ET
today's trivia
In an effort to explain the cyclical nature of mass extinctions, what was the name given in 1984 to a hypothetical star that encountered our sun every 26-27 million years?

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Brown Water Brown Water
2mo
The Doomsday Machine
ColoVT82 ColoVT82
2mo
Niburu!?
UTPr0sim UTPr0sim
2mo
The Nemisis Star! Coming to a neighborhood near you...
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lilhokie525 OP
2mo
ding, ding, ding, correct!
Nemesis was theorized to periodically disrupt the Oort Cloud, causing comets to crash into the inner solar system. No evidence of Nemesis has yet been discovered.
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EDGEMAN
2mo
Sounds like "dark matter."
"We don't know what's going on, so let's make up something to explain it." Then spend billions trying to find something that may or may not exist...lol
Spud Spud
2mo
Shouldn't it be named "Perry"? (pic)
Vtskier1 Vtskier1
2mo
The ex-wife
santafe santafe
2mo
The Death Star?
Stork Stork
2mo
Star Jones?
Spud Spud
2mo
Orwell?
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EDGEMAN
2mo
The cigarette star!
** Edited by EDGEMAN at 5/23/2026, 7:40:59 AM