Mysterious Structures Discovered in Milky Way by Webb Space Telescope

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Mysterious Structures Discovered in Milky Way by Webb Space Telescope
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NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has captured a detailed image of the Sagittarius C region near the Milky Way's core, revealing a dense star-forming area with numerous protostars and infrared-dark clouds. This observation offers new perspectives on star formation and the dynamics of our galaxy's center. The image shows never-before-seen features that astronomers are still trying to explain, including needle-like structures in ionized hydrogen and a surprising extent of the ionized region. The galactic center is an extreme environment where stars form, and studying it with the Webb telescope provides valuable insights into the origin of the universe and the formation of heavy elements.

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