A lot of people assume space is just that, a big empty void sprinkled with stars and planets. We forget that it’s active, moving, evolving, and we are constantly in motion within it, interacting with anything it throws our way. Knowing if and when something like this could be headed our way again would allow us to prepare, rather than being caught out in the cold, so to speak.
https://phys.org/news/2024-06-astrophysicists-likelihood-earth-exposed-cold.amp