Scientists Track the Wave Moving Through Our Cosmic Backyard
Astronomers say there's a wave rippling through our galactic neighborhood that's playing a part in the birth and death of stars.
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Astronomers say there's a wave rippling through our galactic neighborhood that's playing a part in the birth and death of stars.
The mysterious Radcliffe Wave, discovered as recently as 2019, is waving. New findings could shed light on its role in the Milky Way.
Radcliffe wave, which was spotted 500 light-years away snaking along a spiral arm of the Milky Way, is actually moving. Continue reading to learn more.
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
Gazing out upon the apparently unchanging sea of stars around us, it's tempting to think of the Milky Way galaxy as static and everything within it as fixed and immutable.