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This overlay shows radio (orange) and infrared images of the giant molecular cloud W49A, where new stars are being formed. Image credit: De Pree et al. / Sophia Dagnello, NRAO / AUI / NSF / Spitzer / NASA.

Astronomers Take Closer Look at Giant Molecular Cloud W49A

May 5, 2021 by Natali Anderson

Astronomers using NSF’s Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array (VLA) have captured new, high-resolution radio images of a massive star-forming region called...