Before These Clouds Form Stars, They Form A Complex Network of Filaments

Before These Clouds Form Stars, They Form A Complex Network of Filaments

Researchers working with China's Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical radio Telescope (FAST) have revealed some of the complexity in a type of cloud in the ISM. They've detected a network of filaments in one Very High Velocity Cloud (VHVC). The observations hint at the complexity that can evolve in these clouds, all without the influence of gravity.