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TIL that there is a current scientific hypothesis that the sun has a companion which is currently about 1-1.5 light years away. It is believed that it has an elliptical orbit which, every 26 million years, sends matter towards the Earth causing mass extinction events. Its nickname, the “Death Star.”

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