Did a passing star change the Earth's climate in such a way that life emerged? A new study proves that a star passed by our solar system 56 million years ago and changed the orbits of the planets, including Earth, through its powerful gravitational forces. The new scientific findings prove that there is a link between stellar transits and mysterious events within the solar system. A passing star may have triggered our own existence and now we urgently need to ask ourselves when the next major stellar transit will be, possibly bringing another dramatic change?