The world of space remains one of the great strangers of land scientists. The immensity of what is 'out there' makes any small discovery become news. Although these issues talk about time in periods of millions of light years, it leaves a little clear that what is discussed is not something that can happen in a period of the next 100 years, so, at least scholars, it is something that escapes our hands.
However, one of the latest advances has left astronomers surprised since they have It could identify a colossal molecular cloud on the Milky Way. A structure, located approximately 23,000 light years away and weighs up to 160,000 soleswhich was discovered thanks to Green Bank telescope. Once it was discovered, the name of M4.7-0.8 was given.
A discovery about star formation and galactic evolution
As published in Arxiv, this study is in a strip of dust of the galactic bara crucial zone for the transport of material to the galactic nucleus. A situation that provides unique information about the star formation and the evolution of the galaxy.
It must be indicated that the giant molecular clouds (NMG) are the formations of larger gas and powder of the galaxies, mainly composed of molecular hydrogen that serve for the formation of the stars. The newly identified cloud, M4.7-0.8, extends for almost 200 light years and presents a temperature of remarkably cold dust of approximately 20 Kelvin (-423.67 ° F).
The study of M4.7-0.8 underlines the crucial role played by giant molecular clouds in galactic evolution. In fact, with those only Characteristics The cloud is perfect for the study of the processes in detail; Moreover, in the future it is promised to reveal more about the mechanisms of Star training, something that could give new clues about the life cycles of galaxies.
