Nearly 1,000 mysterious strands revealed in Milky Way’s centre

An unprecedented new telescope image of the Milky Way galaxy's turbulent center has revealed nearly 1,000 mysterious strands, inexplicably dangling in space. An image of the spectral index of radio-emitting filaments in the centre of the Milky Way Galaxy  [Credit: Yusef-Zadeh et al., 2022] Stretching up to 150 light years long, the one-dimensional strands (or filaments) are found in pairs and clusters, often stacked equally spaced, side by side like strings on a harp. Using...