When people picture space, they often imagine endless black emptiness dotted with planets and stars. But new research shows ...

STORY HERE THIS MONTH, THE SPOOKY SCIENCE AT THE ORLANDO SCIENCE CENTER. ALL MONTH LONG, THERE ARE EXPERIMENTS HAPPENING INSPIRED BY THINGS PEOPLE TEND TO ASSOCIATE WITH HALLOWEEN. TODAY’S ...

By Emily Conover December 9, 2020 at 11:00 am - More than 2 years ago Two giant, mysterious bubbles spew from the Milky Way’s heart, and now it appears the bubbles may have doubles.

Here we report soft-X-ray-emitting bubbles that extend approximately 14 kiloparsecs above and below the Galactic centre and include a structure in the southern sky analogous to the North Polar Spur.

Researchers have created bubbles that can last more than a year before popping. These “everlasting” bubbles (one shown, with a radius of about 3.7 millimeters) get their stamina from glycerol ...