ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) has observed the central part of the Milky Way with spectacular resolution and uncovered new details about the history of star birth in our galaxy. Thanks to the new observations, astronomers have found evidence for a dramatic event in the life of the Milky Way: a burst of star formation so intense that it resulted in over a hundred thousand supernova explosions.
The release, images and videos are available on:
https://www.eso.org/public/news/eso1920/
Kind regards,
The ESO Department of Communication
16 December 2019
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Katja Fahrion
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