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An interstellar cloud may have caused an ice age on Earth. Here’s how

Scientists believe Earth may have briefly lost its protection from the sun about two million years ago, left to endure the extreme environment of interstellar space, as the solar system passed through a dense cloud of gas and dust between stars. At that time, early human ancestors shared our planet with prehistoric animals such as… Read More »

Scientists call the region of space affected by the Sun the heliosphere; But since it’s not an interstellar probe, they don’t know much about its shape.

The Sun warms the Earth, making it habitable for humans and animals. But that’s not the only thing it does, and it affects a much wider area of ​​space. The heliosphere, the area of ​​space affected by the Sun, is a hundred times larger than the distance from the Sun to the Earth. The Sun… Read More »