Star Buzzed Earth During Neanderthal Times

Wednesday, February 18, 2015 - 17:30 in Astronomy & Space

Close encounters, like one that occurred 70,000 years ago, can hurl a cosmic hailstorm of comets, some of which might collide with Earth.

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