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The Seahorse Nebula (left) was captured alongside the Fireworks Galaxy and the ‘Ghost Bush’ open star cluster (right). (Image credit: Greg Meyer) Astrophotographer Greg Meyer has captured a spectacular image of the Fireworks Galaxy (NGC 6946) shining close to the dark shape of the Seahorse Nebula. The majestic spiral arms of the Fireworks Galaxy can be found to the lower …

That prompted three astrophysicists (Isabelle John, Rebecca Leane, and Tim Linden) to try to look at things in an organized fashion, modeling a “dark main sequence” of stars as they might exist within a close proximity to the Milky Way’s center. The intense gravity and radiation found near the galaxy’s core mean that stars can’t form there. So, anything that’s …