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

Astronomers have found a septet of superclouds lying just beyond the solar system.