What is a Radcliffe wave, a cosmic system that is redefining our galaxy?
Astronomers have identified a Radcliffe wave, the largest coherent system in our galaxy (Ralph Konitzka/Alyssa Goodman/Global Telescope) Astronomers continue to discover strange things in space, and the latest is named after them Radcliffe wave. This wave-shaped chain of star-forming clouds is the largest coherent structure ever seen in our galaxy: 9,000 light-years from end to end, stretching across the night sky. Canis Major up to Cygnuswith Orion in the middle. Now it turns out that the
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