This brings us to eROSITA, the Max Planck Institute of Extraterrestrial Physics' powerful space-based X-ray telescope. Led by astrophysicist Michael Yeung of the Institute, a team of researchers has made use of eROSITA to probe the LHB in greater detail than ever before.

The Local Hot Bubble was first suggested over 50 years ago, with scientists theorising that a series of supernovas - massive explosions of dying stars - cleared away all nearby interstellar material, creating a large, empty space around our solar system.

Astronomers say they've found an "interstellar tunnel" near our solar system that potentially leads to the vicinity of other star systems. As detailed in a new study published in the journal Astronomy & and Astrophysics,

A team of astronomers using data from the eROSITA All-Sky Survey has modeled the hot gas in our local stellar neighborhood, finding a curious "interstellar tunnel" towards the constellation of Centaurus.

Our solar system resides in a unique low-density bubble called the Local Hot Bubble (LHB). Stretching at least 1,000 light-years, this region glows in X-rays due to its million-degree temperature. However,