Astronomers Find Huge Spherical Cavity in Milky Way Galaxy
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Sep 22 2021 at 12:59 PM GMT
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- The 490-light-year-wide void is located among the constellations Perseus and Taurus, and was formed by one powerful supernova or a series of such events some 10 million years ago, according to new research from the Harvard & Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics.
- The newly-discovered void is surrounded by two star-forming regions: the Perseus and Taurus molecular.
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- Published Sep 22, 2021 12:59 PM GMT