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NASA has published a wonderful photo of the Milky Way Center (PHOTO).

NASA has published a wonderful photo of the Milky Way Center (PHOTO).


The Milky Way Galaxy Center as viewed by the Chandra X-ray Observatory
NASA / CXC / UMass / QD Wang, NRF / SARAO / MeerKAT / AP

A total of 370 observations made by the X-ray Observatory Chandra Focuses on trauma Image of the Milky Way Center Published by NASA, reports AP.

The diagram depicts Billions of stars, Beside Many black holes At the heart of our galaxy, 26,000 light years away from Earth. By contrast, specialists have resorted to a radio telescope located in South Africa.

“What we see in the image is a violent or energetic ecosystem in the center of our galaxy. There are many remnants of supernovae (stellar explosions), black holes and neutron stars. Every point or feature of the X-ray represents an energy source, most of it in the center,” he commented. Daniel Wang |, Astronomer from the University of Massachusetts (USA), who required a year to complete the work, was carried out while at home due to the epidemic.

The Chandra X-ray Observatory is an active satellite launched by the US Space Agency on July 23, 1999. These types of devices are sent into space because the Earth’s atmosphere absorbs most of the X-rays, so conventional telescopes fail to do so. Uncovered them.

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