I've looked around and can't find any scans from X-Comics, proving this. However, in two official handbooks state that it comes from a different dimension- though one inbetween uses the sunlight explanation. Then, I found an Ultimates (Squared) scan where America Chavez punched her way through a dimension and she travels through one of 'pure, endless, concussive force', coloured red, so...
EDIT: This is what I was referring to:
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