The giant wave of gas discovered near the Sun in the Milky Way | The Radcliffe Wave

Announced on 7th January at the 235th American Astronomical Society Meeting in Honolulu, Hawaii, astronomers have found a giant wave of gas clouds very near the Sun in the Milky Way. It's been dubbed the "Radcliffe Wave". But how did it form? And what does this mean for the Sun and the solar system? #aas235 #radcliffewave #milkyway

The nature paper, Alves et al. (2020):
Zucker et al. (2019):
The Radcliffe wave website with all the info:
See the data for yourself:
Play with the visualisation yourself:

Jim Davenport's channel:

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