A Star-Producing, Cosmic Bubble Shrouds Our Solar System (Smithsonian Magazine)

January 14, 2022
A Star-Producing, Cosmic Bubble Shrouds Our Solar System (Smithsonian Magazine)

For the first time, researchers have studied a series of events beginning 14 million years ago that caused a still-expanding cosmic bubble to envelop Earth's galactic neighborhood, forming all the nearby stars. Elizabeth Gamillo of Smithsonian Magazine reports on the discovery of the Local Bubble with the insights of Dr. Alyssa Goodman and collaborators. Read the article here!