To: SunkenCiv
It possible that the Sun has a "dark" companion out there. Majority of the stars in the Galaxy are members of a binary group.
3 posted on
08/03/2006 9:32:22 PM PDT by
garbageseeker
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To: garbageseeker
That's just what they're trying to figure out here. Nemesis was suggested not long after the emergence of the Alvarez model, and while there have been some limited attempts to look for such a body, it hasn't been systematic or thorough. The recent article I mentioned above has a nice discussion of this.
4 posted on
08/03/2006 9:35:22 PM PDT by
SunkenCiv
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To: garbageseeker
It possible that the Sun has a "dark" companion out there. Majority of the stars in the Galaxy are members of a binary group.
13 posted on
08/03/2006 10:11:10 PM PDT by
freedumb2003
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