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IN A NUTSHELL 🌌 Scientists have discovered the Midpoint Cloud, a massive structure within the Milky Way spanning 650 trillion miles. 🔭 The Green Bank Telescope played a crucial role in identifying this Giant Molecular Cloud, highlighting advanced telescopic technologies. 💫 The Midpoint Cloud contains dense gas clumps and masers, indicating active star formation processes. 🚀 This discovery offers new …

“We Were Never Supposed to See This”: Astronomer’s Shocking Claim About 200-Light-Year-Wide Structure Feeding the Milky Way’s Core  Rude Baguette This 200-light-year-wide structure could be feeding our galaxy’s center: ‘No one had any idea this cloud existed’  Space A hidden molecular cloud near our Milky Way’s center  EarthSky Astronomers find giant hidden molecular cloud fueling star birth in Milky Way  Phys.org A giant molecular …

Astronomers have discovered a vast cloud of gas and dust stretching out for a staggering 200 light-years and lurking in a poorly explored region of the Milky Way. The structure, named the Midpoint cloud, is an example of a Giant Molecular Cloud (GMC). It was discovered by the team using the Green Bank Telescope. Peeling back the layers of the …