Videos, GIF & Images

Outreach Video
The Radcliffe Wave is Waving

Short introductory video explaining the main results of the forthcoming publication. Namely, that the Radcliffe Wave – an enormous, wave-shaped chain of gaseous clouds in our Sun's backyard – not only looks like a wave, but also moves like a wave.
The Wave is oscillating.

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Explanatory Video
How the Radcliffe Wave moves through the backyard of our Sun

Blue dots are clusters of baby stars. The white line is a theoretical model by Ralf Konietzka and collaborators that explains the current shape and motion of the Wave. The magenta and green lines show how and to what extent the Radcliffe Wave will move in the future. Background is a cartoon model of the Milky Way.

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GIF How the Radcliffe Wave moves through the backyard of our Sun

Blue dots are clusters of baby stars. The white line is a theoretical model by Ralf Konietzka and collaborators that explains the current shape and motion of the Wave. The magenta and green lines show how and to what extent the Radcliffe Wave will move in the future. Background is a cartoon model of the Milky Way.

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Still Image
The Radcliffe Wave is Waving

This image shows the Radcliffe Wave (blue points + white line) next to the Sun (yellow point) inside a cartoon model of our galaxy, the Milky Way, in the WorldWide Telescope software. Every little blue dot corresponds to a cluster of stars, containing several recently born baby stars. The white line is a theoretical model Konietzka and collaborators developed to explain the current shape and motion of the Radcliffe Wave. The magenta and green lines show how and to what extent the Radcliffe Wave will move forward in the future.

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Still Image
The Radcliffe Wave is Waving

In this image we are looking at the Radcliffe Wave from the opposite side, such that we can see the center of the Milky Way in the background. Colors and symbols are the same as in the image above.

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Born Curious Interview (1 hour)
Podcast from the Harvard Radcliffe Institute

A longform interview with Ralf Konietzka, Catherine Zucker, João Alves & Alyssa Goodman about the discovery of the Radcliffe Wave, and of its motion.

PR Video
Discovery of the Radcliffe Wave 

Movie showing the Radcliffe Wave (red) in a cartoon model of our Milky Way Galaxy, with the Sun shown in yellow. 

Still Image
Discovery of the Radcliffe Wave

The Radcliffe Wave (red points) next to the Sun (yellow point) inside a cartoon model of our Galaxy in the WorldWide Telescope software.