MYS088: 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.

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Chapters for this episode:

MYS088 – 00:00:00

Intro – 00:22:09

Defining terms – 01:50:20

Problems with IAU definitions – 04:37:63

Binary star systems – 09:07:51

Iridium as evidence – 11:46:26

Rhenium – 17:43:69

The origin of the Nemesis name – 21:46:52

Isotopes – 23:47:46

Theories – 26:02:39

Faith Perspective – 27:14:20

Reason Perspective – 29:53:72

Is the whole basis of the theory wrong? – 29:59:12

Does Sol have a distant companion? – 32:00:04

Red dwarf – 32:37:25

Brown dwarf – 35:11:38

Huge, undiscovered planet – 36:30:08

Black hole – 38:00:07

What have astronomers found? – 40:11:25

Alternatives to Nemesis – 40:46:10

Shiva hypothesis – 42:05:15

Bottom Line – 44:47:53

When to expect next Rain of Death – 45:22:24

Further Resources – 46:01:48

Mysterious Feedback – 46:46:02

Mysterious Headlines – 56:55:17

Next Time: Egyptian Black Magic Harem Conspiracy – 58:23:17

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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