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Astronomers find origin of stars that surround Earth

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Astronomers first theorized that superbubbles were pervasive in the Milky Way nearly 50 years ago. Now, they have proof that we are right smack in the middle of one of these things. All young stars and star-forming regions within 500 light-years of Earth sit on the surface of a giant bubble known as the Local Bubble.

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Harvard University

Astronomers find origin of stars that surround Earth

Scientists have shown how a chain of events led to the creation of the vast bubble that is responsible for the formation of all young stars within 500 light-years of the sun and Earth.

2 years ago·Harvard, United States

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