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ALMA Creates Largest-Ever Image of the Milky Way’s Core


Astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) have captured the central region of our Milky Way in a striking new image, unveiling a complex network of filaments of cosmic gas in unprecedented detail. This rich dataset — the largest ALMA image to date — will allow astronomers to probe the lives of stars in...

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