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.

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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.

A diagram of the 3D structure of the Milky Way's local bubble created using data from eROSITA. This revealed that the LHB is stretched toward the poles of the galactic hemisphere.