The "Local Bubble" is:

A) created by our Sun's solar wind, and extends well past Pluto's orbit.
B) created by the bipolar jets of the young Sun, perpendicular to the ecliptic.
C) about 100 pcs. across and transparent to extreme ultraviolet radiation.
D) the region around the Milky Way where we can trace out its magnetic field.
E) the cluster of galaxies our Milky Way and M-31 in Andromeda belong to.


C

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