2023-11-22 06:36:25
New images from James Webb reveal the most chaotic region of deep space in our galaxy, the Milky Way. Containing more than 500,000 stars, it challenges current concepts of star formation. Galaxy – This image was taken by the near-infrared camera (NIRCam), a powerful instrument on the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST; James Webb Space Telescope). Gaze at an area called Sagittarius C, an active star-forming region. And it is about 300 light-years from the supermassive black hole at the center of our Milky Way, Sagittarius A*. This star-breeding region is named Sagittarius C (Sgr C), which is 300 light-years away from the supermassive black hole at the center of our Milky Way, Sagittarius A*. * About 300 light years Image Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, S. Crowe (UVA) “The galactic center is the most extreme environment in our Milky Way galaxy. Current star formation theories can now be tested at the most rigorous level,” said Jonathan Tan, a professor and researcher in astronomy at the University of Virginia. said. The interesting thing is The region contains an estimated 500,000 stars. They are forming amid dense dust clouds, and some have become stars 30 times more massive than our Sun, raising suspicions that they How does it survive in such an extreme environment? James Webb’s study of the center of the Milky Way could provide insights into these processes. It may also help answer the question: Massive stars tend to form near the centers of galaxies. Is it greater than the outer rim or other regions of the galaxy? Many of these are the first of its kind,” said Samuel Crowe, principal investigator and undergraduate at the University of Virginia. said. “Webb revealed an enormous amount of detail. This allows us to study star formation in this environment in a way that has never been possible before,” Crowe added. The most unusual feature may be the blue area at the bottom of the image. Scientists believe that This is created when high-energy photons from young, massive stars strike the surrounding ionized hydrogen, creating the blue color in the image. But they still don’t understand what’s causing the unusually large amounts of energy gas, as previously thought. “The Webb images are amazing. “Massive stars are factories that produce heavy elements in their nuclear cores,” Crowe said. Therefore, understanding them better is like learning about the origins of much of the universe.” The center of the Milky Way galaxy is an area that is still little studied. Due to the chaos of the stars, they emit radio waves and various waves all the time. Moreover, there are many dense dust clouds that obscure the light of the stars so that little can pass through. Yet it is an important region of the galaxy that nurtures new generations of stars. The Milky Way galaxy is about 100,000 light years in diameter and is estimated to contain 100 to 400 billion stars. Our solar system is approximately 100 to 400 billion stars in diameter. 27,000 Saeng searched and compiled by Witit Borompichaichartkul source.
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