ALMA’s Record-Breaking Image Reveals a Galactic Nightmare
An international team of astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) have produced the largest and most detailed image ever captured of the Galactic core, unveiling a nightmarish landscape of shock waves, twisted gas filaments, and turbulent molecular storms surrounding the supermassive black hole Sagittarius A*. The colossal map uncovers a real galactic nightmare – a chaotic environment where stars struggle to form, clouds collide at enormous speeds, and exotic chemicals swirl through one of the most extreme regions in the known universe.
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“It was a huge technical challenge involving a concerted effort from tens of scientists from around the world for several years to produce these images. The resolution of the ACES survey is enough to pinpoint the locations of the densest, coldest gas that are the sites of current protoplanetary disk formation,” ACES leader Steve Longmore, a professor of astrophysics at Liverpool John Moores University told Universelost.com.