Scientists Spot Ancient Star Burst in Milky Way’s Heart in Stunning New Image

December 17, 2019 Jeremy Blog, Space 0 

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Astronomers have spotted an “ancient star burst” in the center of the Milky Way so drastic and intense that it resulted in more than 100,000 supernova explosions.

Utilizing the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope (VLT), the astronomers were able to discover that approximately 80 percent of stars in the Milky Way’s central region formed between 13.5 and 8 billion years ago.

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This beautiful image of the Milky Way’s central region, taken with the HAWK-I instrument on ESO’s Very Large Telescope, shows interesting features of this part of our galaxy. This image highlights the Nuclear Star Cluster (NSC) right in the center and the Arches Cluster, the densest cluster of stars in the Milky Way. Other features include the Quintuplet cluster, which contains five prominent stars, and a region of ionized hydrogen gas (HII). (Credit: ESO/Nogueras-Lara et al.)
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