Astronomers have long been puzzled by two strange phenomena at the heart of our galaxy. First, the gas in the central ...

The CMZ spans almost 700 light years and contains some of the most dense molecular gas in the galaxy. Over the years, ...

Scientists are investigating enigmatic phenomena observed in the center of our galaxy. Telescopes are detecting mysterious ...

ALMA has revealed evidence of a new type of slim, filamentary structure that drives cycles of depletion and replenishment. At ...

Astronomers have revealed that "space tornadoes" are swirling around the supermassive black hole at the heart of the Milky Way, Sagittarius A*. The unexpected discovery came via observations of the ...

Scientists are investigating enigmatic phenomena observed at the centre of our galaxy. Telescopes are detecting mysterious ...

If dark matter is creating positrons in the CMZ, those particles will eventually slow down and eventually annihilate with ...

More information: Suinan 遂楠 Zhang 张 et al, Subclustering and Star Formation Efficiency in Three Protoclusters in the Central Molecular Zone, The Astrophysical Journal Letters (2025).

Researchers have zoomed in on the area surrounding the supermassive black hole lurking at the center of our galaxy, and made ...

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has teamed up with the MeerKAT radio telescope array to explore how magnetic fields ...