Radio Image of Milky Way (IMAGE)

Northwestern University

Radio Image of Milky Way

Caption

A radio image of the central portionsof the Milky Way galaxy.The plane of the galaxy is marked by a series of bright features, exploded stars and regions where new stars are being born, and runs horizontallythrough the image. The black hole at the centerof the Milky Way is hidden in the brightest of these extended regions.The radio bubblesdiscovered by MeerKATextend vertically above and below the plane of the galaxy.Manymagnetized filamentscan be seen running parallel to the bubbles.

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SARAO/Oxford

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