Local Bubble

English

Proper noun

the Local Bubble

1. (astronomy) A cavity in the interstellar medium of the Orion Arm of the Milky Way estimated to be around 1,000 light years in diameter, with the Solar System sitting close to its centre; likely to be the result of a supernova which exploded in the last ten to twenty million years.

Related terms

• Local Fluff

Translations

Translations

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 本地泡 (Běndìpào), 本地腔 (Běndìqiāng)

• Finnish: Paikallinen kuuma kupla
• Russian: Ме́стный пузы́рь m (Méstnyj puzýrʹ)