ᴜɴɪᴠᴇʀsɪᴀ on Instagram: "We now have a 3-D map of star-forming clouds (stellar nurseries) within ~4,000 light-years around the Sun Thanks to Gaia spacecraft dust & stellar data 🌌🛰️ The map converts regions of dust into hydrogen gas maps and overlays influences from 87 O-type stars the hottest, shortest-lived giants to show where gas glows, moves, heats, and cools. 🔥🌀 This cosmic map reveals where stars are born, how gas is distributed and energized, and helps astrophysicists understand the v