Earth—our tiny blue dot in the galaxy—is approximately 26,000 light years away from a fascinating and active region of the Milky Way called the Central Molecular Zone (CMZ). This region holds clues ...
At the heart of our galaxy lies a cosmic puzzle: although the Galactic Center is packed with star-making material, massive stars form there surprisingly slowly. Using NASA's retired SOFIA observatory, ...
The Galactic center as a research area focuses on the physical conditions, dynamics, and energetic processes in the central few hundred parsecs of the Milky Way, encompassing the supermassive black ...