superbubble
English
Noun
superbubble (plural superbubbles)
- (astronomy) A very large region of space, relatively free of matter, carved out of the interstellar medium by the combination of multiple supernova bubbles resulting from supernovae.
Synonyms
- (astronomy): supershell
See also
(space plasmas):
- interplanetary medium (“IPM”)
- astrosphere
- interstellar medium (“ISM”)
- nebula
- interstellar cloud
- circumgalactic medium (“CGM”)
- intracluster medium (“ICM”)
- intergalactic cloud
- intergalactic medium (“IGM”)
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