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Monday, December 16, 2019

ESO — ESO Telescope Images Stunning Central Region of Milky Way, Finds Ancient Star Burst — Photo Release eso1920

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16 December 2019

ESO's Very Large Telescope (VLT) has observed the central part of the Milky Way with spectacular resolution and uncovered new details about the history of star birth in our galaxy. Thanks to the new observations, astronomers have found evidence for a dramatic event in the life of the Milky Way: a burst of star formation so intense that it resulted in over a hundred thousand supernova explosions.

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16 December 2019




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