The Nearest Astronomical Anomalies
Oct 7, 2025
A brief overview of the local astronomical anomalies — pulsars, black holes, nebulae and the interstellar dust that fills the medium between them.
Sources and further reading
- Edenhofer, Gordian, et al. "A Parsec-Scale Galactic 3D Dust Map out to 1.25 kpc from the Sun" (2023), arXiv:2308.01295
- O'Neill, Theo, et al. "The Local Bubble is a Local Chimney: A New Model from 3D Dust Mapping" (2024)
- Dharmawardena, T. E. "All-sky three-dimensional dust density and extinction maps of the Milky Way out to 2.8 kpc" (2023)
- Kormann et al. "The Superclouds of the Local Milky Way" (2025), arXiv:2507.14883
Galaxy map by Stephane Payen Wardennar, via ESA/Gaia.