Nemesis is a hypothetical red dwarf [1] or brown dwarf, [2] originally postulated in 1984 [3] to be orbiting the Sun at a distance of about 95,000 AU (1.5 light-years), [2] somewhat beyond the …

Dec 9, 2021 · Our own star at the center of the Solar System is probably no exception, and some astronomers suspect that the Sun's estranged twin might be to blame for the death of the …

Dubbed "Nemesis" (after the Greek goddess of retribution), the companion star through its gravitational pull unleashes a furious storm of comets into the inner solar system that lasts …

Scientists developed the Nemesis and Planet X theories in an effort to explain why mass extinctions on Earth appear to have occurred roughly every twenty-six million years.

Dec 13, 2024 · Under the enormous gravitational pull of the Nemesis star, some comets and asteroids in the Oort Cloud will be "pulled" into the inner orbit of the Solar System, and they …

Dec 13, 2025 · Nemesis is the name given to a hypothetical twin star of the Sun. Nemesis is believed to be in orbit in the Milky Way that brings it close to the Sun every 26 million years. …

Jul 21, 2017 · Nemesis is a theoretical dwarf star thought to be a companion to our sun. The theory was postulated to explain a perceived cycle of mass extinctions in Earth's history.

Nemesis is a hypothesized companion object orbiting the Sun, motivated by the claim of a terrestrial extinction periodicity. Astronomer Percival Lowell in 1915 thought that some glitches …

Nemesis is a hypothetical red dwarf or brown dwarf, originally hypothesized in 1984 to be orbiting the Sun at a distance of about 95,000 AU (1.5 light-years), [1] somewhat beyond the Oort …

Nemesis: A Solar Companion? No, Nemesis is not only the title of the Startrek movie that came out in 2002. It was the name we gave in 1983 to the hypothetical companion star that may …