"The James Webb Telescope Unveils the Enigmatic Secrets of 'The Brick' in the Milky Way"

The James Webb Space Telescope has discovered a paradox in "The Brick," a dense gas cloud near the center of the Milky Way. Despite being rich in frozen carbon monoxide, which should make it an ideal region for star formation, The Brick has surprisingly low stellar birth rates. The discovery challenges assumptions about the amount of carbon monoxide in the galactic center and provides new insights into the distribution of interstellar ice. Further observations with the telescope will aim to study the relative amounts of different molecules in the cloud and understand how chemistry progresses over time.