Does our solar system contain a dramatic secret object, a hidden second star that has caused the destruction of countless life forms on Earth? Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli explore the Nemesis death star theory and whether it’s responsible for a regular cycle of mass extinction on Earth.
Links for this episode:
- Richard Muller’s book Nemesis: The Death Star
- Sam Kean’s book The Disappearing Spoon
- Richard Muller’s homepage on Nemesis
- Richard Muller’s most recent (2002) paper on Nemesis
- Richard Muller’s 1985 New York Times Magazine article on Nemesis
- Wikipedia on Nemesis
- Scholtz and Unwin’s paper on Planet “9” being a Primordial Black Hole
- Our solar system might have a black hole
- Space.com article on multi-star systems
- Letter from a Young Listener
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