Astronomers discover huge gaseous wave holding Milky Way's newest stars
by Ian Sample Science editor from on (#4XJPE)
'It's right up in our face' - close proximity of stellar nursery to our solar system stuns scientists
Astronomers have discovered a gigantic, undulating wave of dust and gas where newborn stars are forged over a 50 million billion mile stretch of the Milky Way.
The gaseous structure, which holds more mass than 3m suns, runs directly behind our solar system as viewed from the heart of the galaxy, but has eluded observation until now.
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