When to Use the Local Bubble Interstellar Cavity 3D Explorer
Open the Local Bubble Interstellar Cavity 3D Explorer when you want a fast, real-figures answer to what the Local Bubble is, how it formed around the Sun, and which nearby star-forming regions genuinely sit on its surface.
Sessions this explorer fits
Students and teachers explaining why the Sun sits inside a roughly 1,000-light-year-wide cavity carved out by past supernovae, readers curious whether famous nearby regions like Orion or Perseus are actually part of the Local Bubble, and anyone who wants the real published figures for the bubble's size, age, and interior gas density all get a direct answer here.
When the Local Bubble cavity explorer is not the right page
This page is the wrong fit when your real question is about the Sun's much larger, galaxy-wide journey around the Milky Way's center rather than the Local Bubble cavity itself - that orbital motion lives on the Galactic Year - Sun's Orbit 3D Explorer, whose neighborhood spans roughly 26,000 times the width of the roughly 1,000-light-year interstellar cavity shown here. Skip this explorer too if you only need button-by-button control instructions instead of the cavity's real published size, age, and interior gas density figures; the step-by-step guide walks through the controls for orbiting, zooming, and reading off those numbers.
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