Uploaded September 2025 | Updated September 2026, 22 hours ago
Scientists created the most accurate 3D map of star-formation regions in our Milky Way galaxy, based on data from the European Space Agency’s Gaia space telescope.
The star-formation region that is mapped out (contoured by a circle) reaches out to 4000 light-years from our Sun. The Sun is located at the centre of this region.
The star-formation map is plotted on an artist impression of our Milky Way, based on Gaia data. (https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Videos/2025/01/The_best_Milky_Way_animation_by_Gaia)
Read more here: https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/Gaia/Fly_through_Gaia_s_3D_map_of_stellar_nurseries
Credit: ESA/Gaia/DPAC, S. Payne-Wardenaar, L. McCallum et al (2025)
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Scientists created the most accurate 3D map of star-formation regions in our Milky Way galaxy, based on data from the European Space Agency’s Gaia space telescope.
The star-formation region that is mapped out (contoured by a circle) reaches out to 4000 light-years from our Sun. The Sun is located at the centre of this region.
The star-formation map is plotted on an artist impression of our Milky Way, based on Gaia data. (https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Videos/2025/01/The_best_Milky_Way_animation_by_Gaia)
Read more here: https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/Gaia/Fly_through_Gaia_s_3D_map_of_stellar_nurseries
Credit: ESA/Gaia/DPAC, S. Payne-Wardenaar, L. McCallum et al (2025)
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