RGB image of the superbubble 30 Doradus C observed by Chandra (Bamba et al. 2004). The red, green, and blue colors represent the energy bands, 0.5–1.2, 1.2–2.0, and 2.0–7.0 keV, respectively. Credit: Sano et al., 2017.
An international team has uncovered molecular and atomic gas clouds associated with the superbubble 30 Doradus C, located in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC). Called superbubble or supershell, 30 Doradus C is a bright X-ray cavity in the LMC with a diameter of approximately 300 light years. Although it was well studied at different wavelengths that revealed its shell-like morphology and 6 stellar clusters, the interstellar gas associated with this superbubble has not been thoroughly investigated yet.
Due to its proximity and face-on inclination to Earth, LMC serves as ...
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