What is The ‘Radcliffe Wave’?
<p>In2018, during his fellowship at Radcliffe, <em>University of Vienna</em> professor João Alves collaborated with Catherine Zucker, then a Ph.D. student at <em>Harvard’s Center for Astrophysics</em>, and Alyssa Goodman, Robert Wheeler Willson Professor of Applied Astronomy, to chart the 3D coordinates of stellar nurseries in the vicinity of the sun.</p>
<p>Utilizing fresh data from the European Space Agency’s Gaia mission and employing the data-intensive technique known as “<strong>3D Dust Mapping</strong>,” pioneered by Harvard Professor Doug Finkbeiner and his team, the researchers discerned an emerging pattern. This discovery ultimately led to the identification of the ‘<strong>Radcliffe Wave</strong>’ <a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-019-1874-z" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">in 2020</a>.</p>
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