May 1, 2018

the W43-MM1 area (Image courtesy ESO/ALMA/F. Motte/T. Nony/F. Louvet/Nature Astronomy. All rights reserved)

An article published in the journal “Nature Astronomy” describes a research on a region of space about 18,000 light years from the Earth in which a remarkable star formation is being observed, cataloged as W43-MM1. A team of researchers used the ALMA radio telescope to study it and found that more massive stars are forming than predicted by current models.