What was previously identified as a gas and dust cloud at the center of our galaxy actually consists of three very young stars. That is the result of a new study led by scientists from the University of Cologne's Institute of Astrophysics. The European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope (VLT)--a telescope with mirror diameters of 8.20 meters on the summit of Cerro Paranal in Chile--provided the data for the study, which has appeared in The Astrophysical Journal. The stars began to form ...
What was previously identified as a gas and dust cloud at the center of our galaxy actually consists of three very young stars. That is the result of a new study led by scientists from the University of Cologne's Institute of Astrophysics. The European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope (VLT)--a telescope with mirror diameters of 8.20 meters on the summit of Cerro Paranal in Chile--provided the data for the study, which has appeared in The Astrophysical Journal. The stars began to form ...
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