COLUMBUS, Ohio – Astronomers have revealed new evidence about the properties of the giant bubbles of high-energy gas that extend far above and below the Milky Way galaxy’s center. Although they bear a ...

The giant bubbles of hot gas blown out from the center of our Milky Way galaxy are far more complex than previously believed, a new study suggests. The discovery could finally explain how these 36,000 ...

Despite being the place we call home, much about the Milky Way galaxy remains a mystery. That's partly due to its size — at 100,000 light years across, it's unfathomably massive, containing hundreds ...

The origin story of our galactic neighborhood just got a little clearer. A flurry of intense supernovas 14 million years ago created a "Local Bubble" in which our solar system lives, surrounded by ...

Earth is surrounded by a vast bubble about 1,000 light-years wide whose borders drive the formation of all nearby young stars, a new study finds. For decades, astronomers have known the solar system ...

(Nanowerk News) Astronomers have revealed new evidence about the properties of the giant bubbles of high-energy gas that extend far above and below the Milky Way galaxy’s center. In a study recently ...

Astronomers have revealed new evidence about the properties of the giant bubbles of high-energy gas that extend far above and below the Milky Way galaxy's center. Astronomers have revealed new ...