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Solar System May Harvest 1 Million Particles from Alpha Centauri

2/14/2025

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A groundbreaking study by Cole Greg and Paul Wiegert reveals that our Solar System may be on the receiving end of material from the Alpha Centauri star system. They estimate a staggering 1 million particles larger than 100 meters could be lurking in our Oort Cloud, with exciting prospects of detecting meteors in the near future.

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A groundbreaking study by Cole Greg and Paul Wiegert reveals that our Solar System may be on the receiving end of material from the Alpha Centauri star system. They estimate a staggering 1 million particles larger than 100 meters could be lurking in our Oort Cloud, with exciting prospects of detecting meteors in the near future.