Sagittarius C: Webb provides closest look yet at one of Milky Way's most extreme environments

A star factory at the heart of our galaxy is mysterious and important

About 200 light-years from the black hole at the center of the Milky Way lies a region that isn't as fertile as scientists would think. This star-forming cloud of gas and dust, Sagittarius C, is brimming with all of the material to make star babies, yet its yield of new stars remains relatively low, despite the fact that it has likely birthed thousands of stars already. Scientists pointed the James Webb Space Telescope, a collaboration of NASA a…

Insight from one of Milky Way's most extreme environments

In new images, scientists have gotten the closest look yet at Sagittarius C -- a 'stellar nursery' where clouds of gas and dust have collapsed to form thousands of new stars.

Sagittarius C: Webb provides closest look yet at one of Milky Way's most extreme environments

Sagittarius C is one of the most extreme environments in the Milky Way galaxy. This cloudy region of space sits about 200 light-years from the supermassive black hole at the center of our galaxy. Here, a massive and dense cloud of interstellar gas and dust has collapsed on itself over millions of years to form thousands of new stars.

The center of our galaxy is an extreme environment where intense cosmic phenomena transform space and matter. In one of the regions, located about 200 light years from Sagittarius A* – the supermassive black hole in the center of the Milky Way – there is a huge, dense cloud of gas and interstellar dust. Over millions of years, that cloud has collapsed upon itself, leading to the formation of thousands of new stars. This region is known as Sagitt…

Webb unveils magnetic fields suppressing star formation in Sagittarius C

Learn about the mysteries of strong magnetic fields and their effects on interstellar gas and star formation in Sagittarius C.

One Of The Milky Way's Most Extreme Environments Revealed In Webb Images

Eddie Gonzales Jr. – MessageToEagle.com – Sagittarius C is one of the most extreme environments in the Milky Way Galaxy. This cloudy region of space sits about 200 light-years from the supermassive black hole at the center of our galaxy. Here, a massive and dense cloud of interstellar gas and dust has collapsed on itself […]