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Related: About this forumThe most accurate 3D map of stellar nurseries in the Milky Way (ESA)
https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/Gaia/Fly_through_Gaia_s_3D_map_of_stellar_nurseriesScientists created the most accurate three-dimensional map of star-formation regions in our Milky Way galaxy, based on data from the European Space Agencys Gaia space telescope. This map will teach us more about these obscure cloudy areas, and the hot young stars that shape them.
If you like visualizations, enjoy this show.
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The most accurate 3D map of stellar nurseries in the Milky Way (ESA) (Original Post)
usonian
Oct 2025
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erronis
(23,080 posts)1. Thanks for that fun show - expecting to hear some Moody Blues or Pink Floyd
As traveling through the universe I would be disoriented without having any sense of up/down or left/right. Everything everywhere all the time!
lastlib
(27,777 posts)2. This shoould satisfy....
Also appropos:
"And as old stars would die,
So the new ones were born...."
lastlib
(27,777 posts)3. I f*cking love science!
I wish we could get some from this current regime.