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Did the Sun Once Have a Twin Star?
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- The Nemesis hypothesis proposes the Sun was part of a binary system.
- A distant companion star could explain periodic extinction events on Earth.
- Most stars in the Milky Way are thought to form in binary pairs.
- Direct evidence for a solar twin remains elusive, but the idea persists.
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1922 ā The final act of the Greco-Turkish War, the Great Fire of Smyrna, commences.
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