Wednesday, January 12, 2022

Inbox Astronomy: 1,000-Light-Year-Wide Bubble Surrounding Earth Is Source of All Nearby, Young Stars

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1,000-Light-Year-Wide Bubble Surrounding Earth Is Source of All Nearby, Young Stars

Release date: Wednesday, January 12, 2022 11:00:00 AM EST

1,000-Light-Year-Wide Bubble Surrounding Earth Is Source of All Nearby, Young Stars



For the first time, astronomers have retraced the history of our galactic neighborhood, showing exactly how the young stars nearest to our solar system formed.

Astronomers at the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian and the Space Telescope Science Institute have reconstructed the evolutionary history of our galactic neighborhood, showing how a chain of events beginning 14 million years ago led to the creation of a vast bubble that's responsible for the formation of all nearby, young stars. 



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