3 papers
astro-ph.EP2026
Cosmogenic 10Be as a Tracer for Recent Heliospheric Encounters with Interstellar Cold Clouds
Anna Nica, Merav Opher, Jesse A. Miller +1
Recent works suggest there are periods when the Sun encountered massive interstellar cold clouds which compressed the heliosphere to within Earth's orbit. This would expose Earth t…
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.SR2024
Nearby Supernova and Cloud Crossing Effects on the Orbits of Small Bodies in the Solar System
Leeanne Smith, Jesse A. Miller, Brian D. Fields
Supernova blasts envelop many surrounding stellar systems, transferring kinetic energy to small bodies in the systems. Geologic evidence from points to recent nearby…