A giant molecular cloud has just been discovered in the Milky Way. This structure, located 23,000 light-years away, weighs the equivalent of 160,000 times our Sun. Using the Green Bank radio telescope ...

a bright nuclear bar and a surrounding "stellar ring" of dust and stars. An illustration comparing the Milky Way with 2MASX J23453268−0449256. An illustration comparing the Milky Way with 2MASX ...