Closest star approach to the sun
Pair of stars buzzed the solar system 70,000 years ago
![Scholz star](https://i0.wp.com/www.sciencenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/ticker_scholz_star-1.jpg?fit=860%2C460&ssl=1)
STELLAR FLYBY A pair of dim red stars, shown in an illustration, passed within 0.8 light-years of the sun (left) roughly 70,000 years ago.
Michael Osadciw/Univ. of Rochester