Daily Illuminator

September 22, 2012: Space Bubbles Don't Pop

SPACE.com brings us news from the cosmos, as three of Earth's most powerful space telescopes spy on a superbubble in the Large Magellanic Cloud. A superbubble is a large cavity in space filled with gases that forms when stars go supernova -- basically, a Jerry Bruckheimer movie out in the void.

The article shows a cool composite image of this huge, pretty phenomenon.

-- Leonard Balsera


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