And the 'Local Bubble' continues to grow in size. 🎈 engineering
14 million years ago a series of supernovae exploded pushing gas outwards and making a bubble that had conditions ideal for the formation of new young stars that we see around us. These are the findings from researchers at the Center for Astrophysics Harvard and Smithsonian,The origin of the universe and its many many stars keeps amazing us.
Catherine Zucker, a data visualization expert who contributed to the work during her fellowship at the CfA said that although the bubble's growth has plateaued over millions of years, it is still growing at about four miles per second. Interestingly, our sun, which was away from the Local Bubble when it was formed, moved right into the center of the bubble over five million years ago by virtue of its path in the galaxy, giving us quite a view from the Earth as young stars form on the Bubble's surface all around us.
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