Example of a filamentary (left) and fluffy (right) molecular cloud in the Small Magellanic Cloud captured by the ALMA telescope (IMAGE)

Kyushu University

Example of a filamentary (left) and fluffy (right) molecular cloud in the Small Magellanic Cloud captured by the ALMA telescope

Caption

The radio waves emitted by carbon monoxide molecules are shown in color. The brighter the color, the stronger the radio emission. The crosses in the middle indicate the presence of giant baby stars. The left figure shows a molecular cloud with a filamentary structure, and the right figure shows an example of a molecular cloud with a fluffy shape. Scale bar: one light-year.

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ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO), Tokuda et al.

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