Cavity in the interstellar medium which contains the Local Interstellar Cloud
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The Local Bubble, or Local Cavity, is a relative cavity in the interstellar medium (ISM) of the Orion Arm in the Milky Way. It contains the nearest stars and brown dwarfs and, among others, the Local Interstellar Cloud, the neighboring G-Cloud, the Ursa Major moving group, and the Hyades. It is estimated to be at least 1000 light years in size, and is defined by its neutral-hydrogen density of about 0.05 atoms/cm3, or approximately one tenth of the average for the ISM in the Milky Way (0.5 atoms/cm3), and one sixth that of the Local Interstellar Cloud (0.3 atoms/cm3).