Recently, astronomers have discovered a galaxy that is blowing gas bubbles. These gas bubbles stretch a couple thousand light-years across and are crackling with charged particles 100 times more energetic than anything on earth. These bubbles were detected in the galaxy NGC 3079 which is 67 million light-years away from earth. The bubbles that are spewing are known as superbubbles because they are quite large. Superbubbles form when shock waves shove gases released by stars far into space leaving a “bubble-shaped” cavity behind. It is still unknown about how these cavities are truly formed but scientists intend on finding out more about them and the possible dangers they could pose.
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