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Space is a big place and there's lots of strange stuff out there, but scientists aren't quite sure where these massive space bubbles came from.

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NASA's IMAP (Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe) arrived at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, ...

Using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, scientists have detailed the gas and dust expelled by a dying star in NGC 1514. Its ...

This is indicated by the shallow V-shapes created by some of the dust, NASA said. The telescope images also showed oxygen, which is visible as pink clumps at the edges of bubbles or holes.