Planet-forming disc evolution is not independent of the star formation and feedback process
in giant molecular clouds. In particular, OB stars emit UV radiation that heats and disperses …

The unprecedented quality of the astrometric measurements obtained with the ESA Gaia
spacecraft have initiated a revolution in Milky Way astronomy. Studies of star clusters in …

We present a uniform catalog of accurate distances to local molecular clouds informed by
the Gaia DR2 data release. Our methodology builds on that of Schlafly et al. First, we infer …

Gaia DR2 provides unprecedented precision in measurements of the distance and
kinematics of stars in the solar neighborhood. Through applying unsupervised machine …

Giant molecular clouds (GMCs) are the sites of star formation and stellar feedback in
galaxies. Their properties set the initial conditions for star formation and their lifecycles …

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST, Gardner et al. 2006) is a 6.5 m space telescope
launched in 2021 December and is developed by the National Aeronautics and Space …

We present a novel view on the morphology and dynamical state of ten prominent, nearby
(≤ 500 pc), and young (∼ 30–300 Myr) open star clusters with Gaia DR2: α Per, Blanco 1 …

We leverage the 1 pc spatial resolution of the Leike et al. three-dimensional (3D) dust map
to characterize the 3D structure of nearby molecular clouds (d≲ 400 pc). We start by" …

Massive stars inject mechanical and radiative energy into the surrounding environment,
which stirs it up, heats the gas, produces cloud and intercloud phases in the interstellar …

In this chapter we review recent advances in understanding the roles that magnetic fields
play throughout the star formation process, gained through observations and simulations of …