The teams research waspublishedtoday in Science.
Grey contouring shows areas of higher dust density in the map.
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An artist’s impression of the Milky Way, seen edge-on.Image: ESA/Gaia/DPAC, Stefan Payne-Wardenaar
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A visualization of the extinction curve of light caused by the dust, out to 8,000 light-years from the Sun. Graphic: X. Zhang/G. Green, MPIA