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1,000-Light-Year-Wide Local Bubble is Responsible for Formation of All Nearby, Young Stars
Space Telescope Science Institute astronomer and data visualization expert Dr. Catherine Zucker and her colleagues have shown how a chain of events beginning 14 million years ago with a set of powerful supernovae led to the creation of the vast Local Bubble, responsible for the formation of all young stars within 500 light-years of the…