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The Risk of Stellar Flybys and GJ 710

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May 26, 2026 • 52 views
Original source: Universe Today

In a stellar flyby, a star approaches our Solar System close enough to create gravitational mayhem. The last one was 70,000 years ago. There are more in the future, and it's possible that they could disrupt comets from the Oort Cloud and send them into the inner Solar System, with the risk of catast...

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