[LibWhacker]

Added Tuthill: “For me, one of the coolest things we found in this work is that even the local stellar neighborhood around our Sun is likely to have these ghostly visitors passing through..."

Like an unendingly long shotgun blast that's flung out in every direction. Only instead of being 20-gauge or 12-gauge, it's neutron star-gauge. You don't want to be down range from it, and every direction is down range. You're in the "crosshairs" even if you're firing the gun. Good article, thanks. Ruined my day. ;-)

[JimRed]

even the local stellar neighborhood around our Sun

In this case, though, "local" is billions or trillions of miles.