Did Geminga create our hole in space? (orbiting observatories and ground-based telescopes trace Geminga's formation and location)

Science News | January 2, 1993| | Copyright

For some 20 years, astronomers have pondered evidence that our sun and a few other nearby stars reside inside a huge, relatively gas-free hole in space. Yet they have been unable to identify the violent outburst that might have swept most of the gas away from our tiny corner of the universe, leaving behind a hot, low-density bubble extending about 300 light-years beyond the solar system.

Now researchers say they have a likely suspect. The explosive birth of the powerful gamma-ray emitter Geminga -- until recently one of the most mysterious objects in the heavens -- ...

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