It turns out that we might be living inside a giant bubble

....actually, our entire solar system might be.

I posted this in IGN's The Vestibule and was met with pure cynicism. Hopefully I'll get better responses here.

Ever feel like you live in a bubble?

You do. We all do.

Our whole solar system appears to, say space scientists, who published work last month corroborating its existence.

And, oh, what a bubble it is: About 300 light years long (about 1,764,000,000,000,000 miles), and its walls are made of hot gas. How hot? About a million degrees.

It's called the "Local Bubble" or "local hot bubble" and is shaped a little like a peanut.

Scientists believe it was formed by supernovas, the largest explosions in space, as NASA calls them, that occur when a large star blows up.

One supernova blasts out more energy in less than a second than our sun gives off in a million years, NASA says. A single explosion can outshine an entire galaxy.

So this is in addition to the heliosphere. Cool.

The universe sure is neat

We live in a giant snow globe.....

Or maybe that bubble is what's been living inside of us

Incredible, it's an awesome universe no doubt. Much respect! :D

Fascinating.

Yes, I agree.. we get into space we will die, we all know that.

You know.... i had this thought. I think the reason we can't detect much of anything, is because alien life places what is essentially a giant mirror or filter of some sort around our system that prevents us from picking up on their activity. Truman show in other words basically. I thought of this while i was wondering why we haven't been contacted yet and i guessed alien life may have very strict, no-contact laws with indigenous life not yet acclimated to their presence.

Aliens might be living outside the bubble? or maybe there are a lot more universes out there?


Endless fascinating questions man.

the known universe is vastly larger than this bubble ;)

wooooaaahh! .... where are aliens anyway?