An Infrared View of the Galaxy Size:8" x 10" A series of uncommon spiral

A series of uncommon spiral patterns in the large galaxy is a tell-tale sign of interaction

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An Infrared View of the Galaxy Size:8" x 10" A series of uncommon spiralThis composite color infrared image of the center of our Milky Way galaxy reveals a new population of massive stars and new details in complex structures in the hot ionized gas swirling around the central 300 light years. This sweeping panorama is the sharpest infrared picture ever made of the Galactic core and offers a laboratory for how massive stars form and influence their environment in the often violent nuclear regions of other galaxies. This