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I get that you're joking, but I wonder if it could just be that we happen to be passing through some sort of interstellar debris cloud.


Actually we’re in a surprisingly sparse area of the galaxy, a giant hole in the galaxy created by one (or more) supernova.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Local_Bubble


So much for the old thermonuclear ramjet idea....


Maybe. The solar system was in this galactic position about 250 million years ago (one galactic year) and there was a major extinction event around that time


Get ready for the, uh, Latter Day Late Heavy Bombardment!




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