Galactic Encounter Reveals Earth’s Climate-Shaping Past: Solar System’s Cosmic Journey Through Dense Cloud Impacted Life on Our Planet
Boston, Massachusetts – New research sheds light on a cosmic event that occurred two million years ago, fundamentally altering Earth’s climate. A team of astrophysicists discovered that the solar system passed through an unusually dense interstellar cloud during this period, exposing the planet to significantly higher levels of cosmic radiation and galactic rays. Around two million years ago, Earth’s environment was vastly different, with early human ancestors inhabiting a world alongside prehistoric creatures like saber-toothed …