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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2mo
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2mo
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
"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
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EDGEMAN
2mo
** Edited by EDGEMAN at 5/23/2026, 7:40:59 AM
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