For decades, the Sun has quietly defied explanation — too little lithium in its composition, and sound waves moving through its interior that refuse to match our best theoretical models. Now, a Turkish astrophysicist has proposed that both anomalies may share a single ancient cause: the young Sun consuming a super-Earth during the solar system's turbulent infancy. It is a reminder that even the star we know most intimately may carry secrets from a violent past we are only beginning to read.