The team’s research indicates the solar system’s passage through the Orion region occurred between approximately 18.2 and 11.5 million years ago, with the most likely time between 14.8 and 12.4 million years ago. This timeframe aligns well with the Middle Miocene Climate Transition, a significant shift from a warm variable climate to a cooler climate, leading to the establishment of a continental-scale prototype Antarctic ice sheet configuration.
Solar system’s journey through Orion complex 14 million years ago may have altered Earth’s climate
A fascinating idea. There have been several other cosmic events tied to earth’s history.
Too many people ignore space as trivial.
“We all travel the Milky Way together, trees and men.”
― John Muir, The Mountains of California
― John Muir, The Mountains of California