"The challenges in peering far back into the history of the Earth's climate clearly limit our ability to assess the likelihood that the Radcliffe Wave had climatological effects at present," Kareta ...

At first glance, the night sky appears still. But in reality, everything moves, our Solar System being no exception. As it drifts along the Milky Way, it encounters unseen forces—dense clouds of ...

Our solar system passed through a vast wave of gas and dust around 14 million years ago, dimming Earth’s view of the night sky. The wave may even have left traces in our planet’s geological ...

This area is part of a massive structure known as the Radcliffe Wave, a 9,000-light-year-long chain of star clusters. As the solar system moved through this dust-rich region, Earth may have ...