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Astronomy . Mar2024, Vol. 52 Issue 3, p7-7. 3/4p. 1 Color Photograph. - Publication Year :
- 2024
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Abstract
- The article discusses the recent findings of NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), which has captured never-before-seen details in the dense core of the Milky Way Galaxy. The image shows Sagittarius C (Sgr C), a star-forming region located 26,000 light-years from us and 300 light-years from the Galaxy's supermassive black hole, Sagittarius A*. The image reveals a mosaic of around 500,000 shining stars, an ionized hydrogen gas region, an infrared-dark cloud, and a luminous protostar cluster. The cluster contains stars that are forming and gaining mass, emitting energetic photons that cause the nearby gas to glow. [Extracted from the article]
- Subjects :
- *MILKY Way
*STAR clusters
*SUPERMASSIVE black holes
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00916358
- Volume :
- 52
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Astronomy
- Publication Type :
- Periodical
- Accession number :
- 174730946