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Stellar Fountain of Youth with Turbulent Formation History in the Center of our Galaxy

A multiwavelength view of the area of the supermassive black hole Sgr A* (yellow X). The stars are red, the dust blue. Many of the young stars in the cluster IRS13 are covered by dust or blinded by the bright stars. Credits: Florian Peißker / University of Cologne

An unexpectedly high number of young stars has been identified in the direct vicinity of a supermassive black hole and water ice has been detected at the center of our galaxy.

An international team led by Dr Florian Peißker at the University of Cologne’s Institute of Astrophysics has analysed in detail a young star cluster in the immediate vicinity of the super massive black hole Sagittarius A* (Sgr A*) in the centre of our galaxy and showed that it is significantly younger than expected...

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