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Harvard University

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Caption

How the Radcliffe Wave moves through the backyard of our sun (yellow dot). Blue dots are clusters of baby stars. The white line is a theoretical model by Ralf Konietzka and collaborators that explains the current shape and motion of the wave. Background is a cartoon model of the Milky Way.

 

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Ralf Konietzka, Alyssa Goodman, and WorldWide Telescope

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