Largest image of its kind shows hidden chemistry at the heart of the Milky Way

A study carried out by an international collaboration involving researchers from the Centro de Astrobiología (CAB), CSIC-INTA, has captured a new and sur- prising image of the central region of our Milky Way, revealing a complex net- work of cosmic gas filaments with unprecedented detail. Obtained with ALMA (Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array), this rich dataset will allow the astronomical community to delve deeper into the life of the stars present in the most extreme region of our galaxy, next to the supermassive black hole at its center.

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