Local bubble housing our solar system. Computer artwork of the local bubble,a low-density cavity in the interstellar medium,that houses the Sun and other stars. The axes show the size of the local bubble in light years. It contains hot,ionised gases that emits X- rays. It is thought to have been formed by a nearby supernova pushing aside gas and dust,leaving behind hot low-density material. Estimates of when it was formed vary from some hundreds of thousands of years ago to a few million years ago | |
Licence : | Droits gérés |
Crédit: | Science Photo Library / Garlick, Mark |
Taille de l’image : | 3497 px × 4134 px |
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