http://www.newsweek.com/astronomers-touch-stars-3d-printed-stellar-nurseries-nia-imara-1625779

An astrophysicist and artist has used 3D printing to create detailed resin spheres of stellar nurseries using data collected from these star-forming regions of space.

The resin globes made by Nia Imara, an assistant professor of astronomy and astrophysics at UC Santa Cruz, will allow astronomers to hold these vast clouds of gas and dust in the palm of their hands and study them in unprecedented detail.