Gaia’s star-formation map (IMAGE)
Caption
On this artist impression of the Milky Way, based on data from the European Space Agency’s Gaia telescope, the location of the new star-formation map is shown.
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.
Credit
ESA/Gaia/DPAC, S. Payne-Wardenaar, L. McCallum et al (2025)
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