Seven superclouds sit just beyond the solar system
Most likely parents to star-forming gas clouds, they’re the sun’s largest neighbors
Five new superclouds of gas have been discovered just beyond the solar system. The work adds to two previously reported superclouds, including the Radcliffe Wave (illustrated), which wiggles above and below the plane of the fairly flat galaxy.
Ralf Konietzka, Alyssa Goodman, WorldWide Telescope