1 00:00:00,299 --> 00:00:04,440 foreign 2 00:00:13,249 --> 00:00:10,330 [Music] 3 00:00:17,510 --> 00:00:13,259 four is what's called an emission nebula 4 00:00:20,029 --> 00:00:17,520 it has this bright glowing gases that 5 00:00:22,310 --> 00:00:20,039 you see here it's in What's called the 6 00:00:25,310 --> 00:00:22,320 large magellanic cloud 7 00:00:27,410 --> 00:00:25,320 this image is about a thousand light 8 00:00:29,630 --> 00:00:27,420 years across so it's a fairly large 9 00:00:32,749 --> 00:00:29,640 nebula this Dark Void in the center is 10 00:00:35,450 --> 00:00:32,759 about 250 light years across and that is 11 00:00:37,069 --> 00:00:35,460 something called a Super Bubble area in 12 00:00:39,530 --> 00:00:37,079 the nebula it's been completely cleared 13 00:00:41,810 --> 00:00:39,540 out all around it we have dust and gas 14 00:00:45,110 --> 00:00:41,820 at various temperatures various 15 00:00:47,869 --> 00:00:45,120 densities inside of that bubble we only 16 00:00:49,850 --> 00:00:47,879 have what's called ionized gas it's very 17 00:00:51,950 --> 00:00:49,860 hot gas 18 00:00:53,930 --> 00:00:51,960 one of the puzzles in this image or 19 00:00:54,950 --> 00:00:53,940 competing ideas and they're probably 20 00:00:57,290 --> 00:00:54,960 both 21 00:01:00,770 --> 00:00:57,300 contributing here neither one seems to 22 00:01:04,009 --> 00:01:00,780 be the ultimate solution one is that the 23 00:01:07,250 --> 00:01:04,019 Winds of stars inside the void which 24 00:01:09,950 --> 00:01:07,260 include high energy high speed particles 25 00:01:12,350 --> 00:01:09,960 coming out from the surface of the Stars 26 00:01:14,270 --> 00:01:12,360 pushing material clearing it out of the 27 00:01:15,950 --> 00:01:14,280 center the other possibility or the 28 00:01:19,609 --> 00:01:15,960 other thing that's probably contributing 29 00:01:21,070 --> 00:01:19,619 to the clearing of this Super Bubble is 30 00:01:26,450 --> 00:01:21,080 supernova 31 00:01:28,749 --> 00:01:26,460 they're massive stars explode which 32 00:01:31,670 --> 00:01:28,759 sends out both particles and radiation 33 00:01:34,070 --> 00:01:31,680 these particle waves that are coming out 34 00:01:37,270 --> 00:01:34,080 can act as a snow plow and basically 35 00:01:40,010 --> 00:01:37,280 clear out the the void and push it up 36 00:01:42,830 --> 00:01:40,020 against this outer Ridge that we see 37 00:01:45,410 --> 00:01:42,840 here if these are happening you should 38 00:01:47,390 --> 00:01:45,420 see around this border stars in the 39 00:01:50,090 --> 00:01:47,400 process of formation and in fact we do 40 00:01:52,429 --> 00:01:50,100 see stars there and there are about five 41 00:01:54,889 --> 00:01:52,439 million years different in age than the 42 00:01:57,590 --> 00:01:54,899 stars that are inside they have formed 43 00:02:00,170 --> 00:01:57,600 later after this compression has 44 00:02:03,649 --> 00:02:00,180 happened from the clearing of the inside 45 00:02:06,109 --> 00:02:03,659 it is still expanding not not super fast 46 00:02:08,449 --> 00:02:06,119 it appears that the near Edge is coming 47 00:02:10,969 --> 00:02:08,459 toward us at about 45 kilometers per 48 00:02:13,070 --> 00:02:10,979 second the far Edge is receding at maybe 49 00:02:14,930 --> 00:02:13,080 30. so it's asymmetric which is 50 00:02:17,210 --> 00:02:14,940 interesting it's moving a little faster 51 00:02:19,369 --> 00:02:17,220 on one side than the other it's called 52 00:02:21,170 --> 00:02:19,379 the Super Bubble because of its size if 53 00:02:23,570 --> 00:02:21,180 we go to smaller and smaller bubbles 54 00:02:26,390 --> 00:02:23,580 they become more and more frequent to 55 00:02:29,089 --> 00:02:26,400 see a volume of space this large that 56 00:02:32,210 --> 00:02:29,099 has been cleared out so completely is