3D structure of the Milky Way's local bubble created using data from eROSITA. (Image credit: Michael Yeung/MPE) This revealed that the LHB is stretched toward the poles of the galactic hemisphere.

Using data from the eROSITA All-Sky Survey, astronomers have created a 3D map of the low-density bubble of X-ray-emitting, million-degree hot gas that surrounds the solar system.