Gizmodo.com May 14, 2026 • 16:10

Earth Is Zipping Through a Giant Interstellar Cloud. Here’s How We Know - Gizmodo

By Gayoung Lee

The solar system is now at the edge of this cloud, but the massive stockpile of cosmic stardust has left signatures on Earth's southernmost region.

Roughly within the last 20 million years, some stars in our neighborhood exploded in fiery supernovas, ejecting massive clouds of gas and dust into the cosmos. Even now, our solar systemEarth include… [+3671 chars]

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Earth Is Zipping Through a Giant Interstellar Cloud. Here’s How We Know - Gizmodo

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