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ordu ◴[03 Jul 25 05:27 UTC] No.44451907[source]▶

Judging by how humanity didn't see any of those for millennia and now three in just several years, I can propose two hypotheses:

1. Astronomers became good enough to notice them 2. These rocks are first in an incoming flood of such objects, the Universe decided to destroy humanity.

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dotnet00 ◴[03 Jul 25 05:44 UTC] No.44451998[source]▶

>>44451907 #

I get that you're joking, but I wonder if it could just be that we happen to be passing through some sort of interstellar debris cloud.

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1. kirykl ◴[03 Jul 25 14:14 UTC] No.44455298[source]▶

>>44451998 #

Maybe. The solar system was in this galactic position about 250 million years ago (one galactic year) and there was a major extinction event around that time

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