Solar influences on Earth: Past, present and future
Key Points
This review examines how perceptions of the Sun's effects on Earth have changed over time and considers future insights from exoplanet studies.
Analyzed historical and current understanding of solar influences on Earth.
Examined studies focusing on exoplanets and their relevance to solar impacts.
Identified significant shifts in understanding solar influences over the decades.
Highlighted the role of exoplanets in expanding the context of solar effects on Earth.
Abstract
Abstract How our understanding of the Sun's influence on Earth has evolved and how studies of exoplanets promise to place it in a wider astrophysical context