Local Interstellar Cloud

The Solar System is located within a structure called the Local Bubble, a low-density region of the galactic interstellar medium.

[5] Within this region is the Local Interstellar Cloud (LIC), an area of slightly higher hydrogen density.

[3][6][7] A recent analysis estimates the Sun will completely exit the LIC in no more than 1,900 years.

However, its specific heat capacity is very low because it is not very dense, with 0.3 atoms per cubic centimetre (5/cu in).

[15] The Local Interstellar Cloud's potential effects on Earth are greatly diminished by the solar wind and the Sun's magnetic field.

Map showing the Sun located near the edge of the Local Interstellar Cloud and Alpha Centauri about 4 light-years away in the neighboring G-Cloud complex
The Solar System within the interstellar medium , with the different regions and their distances on a logarithmic scale (object sizes not to scale)
The Sun, the planets, their moons, and several trans-Neptunian objects The Sun Mercury Venus The Moon Earth Mars Phobos and Deimos Ceres The main asteroid belt Jupiter Moons of Jupiter Rings of Jupiter Saturn Moons of Saturn Rings of Saturn Uranus Moons of Uranus Rings of Uranus Neptune Moons of Neptune Rings of Neptune Pluto Moons of Pluto Haumea Moons of Haumea Makemake S/2015 (136472) 1 The Kuiper Belt Eris Dysnomia The Scattered Disc The Hills Cloud The Oort Cloud