Interstellar matter

The path of the Solar System through the Local Interstellar Cloud. The cloud profile is preserved as an interstellar fingerprint in Antarctic ice. Credit: B. Schröder/HZDR/NASA/Goddard/Adler/U.Chicago/Wesleyan

Evidence from Antarctic ice: Earth passes through remnants of ancient supernova

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Researchers have found traces of iron-60, an isotope originating from a supernova, in Antarctic ice, showing that the solar system moved within an ancient interstellar cloud.
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