2 papers
astro-ph.EP2026
Increased and Varied Radiation during the Sun's Encounters with Cold Clouds in the last 10 million years
Merav Opher, Joe Giacalone, Abraham Loeb +7
Recent research raises the possibility that 3 and 7 million years ago, the Sun encountered massive clouds that shrank the heliosphere--the solar cocoon protecting our solar system-…
astro-ph.GA2025
The Solar System's passage through the Radcliffe wave during the middle Miocene
E. Maconi, J. Alves, C. Swiggum +14
Context. As the Solar System orbits the Milky Way, it encounters various Galactic environments, including dense regions of the interstellar medium (ISM). These encounters can compr…