Interstellar "tunnel" found that connects solar system to other stars
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Key Points:
- Recent research by astronomers at the Max Planck Institute, using data from the eRosita X-ray observatory, has identified a channel of hot, low-density plasma extending from our solar system toward distant constellations like Centaurus and Canis Major.
- This discovery supports the existence of the Local Hot Bubble (LHB), a roughly 300-light-year-wide region of heated, low-density gas formed by ancient supernova explosions, with a complex structure including tunnels or cavities filled with hot plasma.
- The study reveals a north-south temperature difference within the LHB and suggests that the bubble may be open in some directions, indicating that it is not a uniform or closed environment but shaped by dynamic interstellar processes.
- These cosmic channels
