The sun had an ‘evil twin’ called Nemesis which may have wiped out the dinosaurs, claim astronomers

So you’re telling me it was the Sun’s brother that killed us? Damn...

Two highly-respected stargazers from the University of Berkeley and the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory at Harvard University said our star had a “sibling” when it was born 4.5 billion years ago, reports The Sun.

In a statement, Berkeley made the astonishing suggestion that this prodigal sun “kicked an asteroid into Earth’s orbit that collided with our planet and exterminated the dinosaurs”.

However, this mystery star has never been found and scientists have not been able to unequivocally prove its role in the demise of our planet’s extinct lizard kings.

The two astronomers have just published a paper suggesting that most stars form in pairs, indicating that our own star’s lost sibling was not particularly unusual.

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