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Hidden Giant Molecular Cloud Fuels Milky Way's Center

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Source: Space
Hidden Giant Molecular Cloud Fuels Milky Way's Center
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Astronomers discovered the Midpoint cloud, a massive 200-light-year-wide gas and dust structure in the Milky Way, which may be feeding material into the galaxy's center and revealing new insights into star formation and galactic dynamics.

Topics:science#galactic-center#giant-molecular-cloud#midpoint-cloud#milky-way#science#star-formation
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  1. This 200-light-year-wide structure could be feeding our galaxy's center: 'No one had any idea this cloud existed'  Space
  2. Astronomers find giant hidden molecular cloud fueling star birth in Milky Way  Phys.org
  3. A hidden molecular cloud near our Milky Way’s center  EarthSky
  4. A giant molecular cloud feeds the center of the Milky Way with gas  Universe Space Tech

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