SOFIA spots recent starbursts in the Milky Way galaxy's center
Tuesday, January 8, 2013 - 19:30
in Astronomy & Space
Researchers using the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) have captured new images of a ring of gas and dust seven light-years in diameter surrounding the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way, and of a neighboring cluster of extremely luminous young stars embedded in dust cocoons.