A new study suggests the Sun moved outward with many similar stars during a large Milky Way migration event long ago.
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The sun was formed 10,000 light-years closer to the Milky Way center. It escaped in a massive migration of thousands of solar twins
Our Sun is actually a cosmic refugee. Around 4.6 billion years ago, it first ignited in a hostile, radiation-blasted neighborhood 10,000 light-years closer to the Milky Way’s center than it is now.
The Sun has been a powerful source of energy fueling the solar system for billions of years, but our host star may have had ...
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