Evanston, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), have discovered signs of star formation perilously close to the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way Galaxy, according to a new Northwestern University paper. If confirmed, this would be the first time that star formation was observed so close to the galactic center.
The results were published April 5 in the Astrophysical Journal Letters.
The center of our galaxy, 27,000 light-years…
