In the past twenty years, the reconnaissance of 12CO and 13CO emission in the Milky Way
by single-dish millimeter-wave telescopes has expanded our view and understanding of …

Abstract The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is a large (6.6 m), cold (< 50 K), infrared
(IR)-optimized space observatory that will be launched early in the next decade into orbit …

We present a three-dimensional map of interstellar dust reddening, covering three-quarters
of the sky out to a distance of several kiloparsecs, based on Pan-STARRS 1 (PS1) and …

While it is incontrovertible that the inner Galaxy contains a bar, its structure near the Galactic
plane has remained uncertain, where extinction from intervening dust is greatest. We …

Understanding the formation of stars in galaxies is central to much of modern astrophysics.
However, a quantitative prediction of the star formation rate and the initial distribution of …

Cold dark clouds are nearby members of the densest and coldest phase in the Galactic
interstellar medium, and represent the most accessible sites where stars like our Sun are …

We provide a first look at the results of the Herschel Gould Belt survey toward the IC 5146
molecular cloud and present a preliminary analysis of the filamentary structure in this region …

ABSTRACT The Apache Point Observatory Galactic Evolution Experiment (APOGEE) is a
high-resolution infrared spectroscopic survey spanning all Galactic environments (ie, bulge …

We use three-dimensional (3D) numerical magnetohydrodynamic simulations to follow the
evolution of cold, turbulent, gaseous systems with parameters chosen to represent …

Aims. The Two Micron All Sky Survey, along with the Stellar Population Synthesis Model of
the Galaxy, developed in Besançon, is used to calculate the extinction distribution along …