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Cosmic Superbubble's Magnetic Field Charted in 3D for the First Time
Seattle, WA – Astronomers at the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian (CfA) have unveiled a first-of-its-kind map that could help answer decades-old questions about the origins of stars and the influences of magnetic fields in the cosmos.
We Exist Inside a Giant Space Bubble, And Scientists Have Finally Mapped It
Cosmic superbubbles have remained fairly mysterious for decades, but recent astronomical advances have finally exposed key details about their evolution and structure. Just within the past few years, researchers have mapped the geometry of the Local Bubble in three dimensions and demonstrated that its surface is an active site of star birth, because it captures gas and dust as it expands into space.
Sky and Telescope - A 3D Magnetic Map of the Local Bubble
Astronomers make 1st-ever 3D map of Local Bubble's magnetic fields
Interstellar cartographers have for the first time mapped in 3D the magnetic field swept up by the Local Bubble. The Local Bubble is a cavity at least 1,000 light-years wide in the interstellar gas around the solar system - a 'superbubble' in interstellar space.
Cosmic superbubble's magnetic field charted in 3D for the first time
Astronomers at the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian (CfA) have unveiled a first-of-its-kind map that could help answer decades-old questions about the origins of stars and the influences of magnetic fields in the cosmos. The map reveals the likely magnetic field structure of the Local Bubble-a giant, 1,000-light-year-wide hollow in space surrounding our Sun.
We're Living in a Space Bubble. An Undergrad Sculpted Its Magnetic Shape
Theo O'Neill spent the summer at Harvard and mapped the magnetic surface of the thousand-light-years-wide "Local Bubble."
Look: Astronomers chart magnetic fields surrounding Earth's Local Bubble
Home Sweet Home The invisible force shaping our corner of the Universe. Theo O'Neill/Milkyway3d.org team Despite it being home to every human who's ever lived, we still know very little about the Milky Way - including how stars are distributed throughout the galaxy. NASA/JPL-Caltech/R.
Young open cluster NGC 602 inspected with ALMA
Using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), astronomers have investigated a young open cluster in the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC), known as NGC 602. Results of the research, presented August 29 on the arXiv pre-print server, deliver important insights into the properties of this cluster, revealing that it experienced a sequential star formation process.
Universities Space Research Association
Washington DC-December 8, 2022. Universities Space Research Association (USRA) proudly announced today the winners of the prestigious 2022 USRA Distinguished Undergraduate Awards.USRA bestows these awards to honor outstanding undergraduate students in a variety of majors through a competitive process. These awards are granted to students who ...
UVA Astronomy Student Joins Ranks of Astronaut Scholars
Astronomy-physics and statistics major Theo O'Neill explores star formation in nearby dwarf galaxies as an Astronaut Scholar.
2 Third-Year Undergrad Researchers Named Goldwater Scholars
Theo O'Neill wants to understand how stars are formed. Zhiwen Xu seeks a deeper understanding of metabolic diseases. The two University of Virginia third-year students now will pursue their research as recently named Goldwater Scholars.