A massive structure recently observed in our galaxy is located about 55,000 light-years away on the other side of the Milky Way. This filament, called Maggie, is just shy of 4,000 light-years long and 130 light-years wide, extending about 1,600 light-years below the galactic plane.
The diffuse nature of Maggie and lack of a carbon monoxide signal, except on the smallest scale along the axis, suggest a juvenile filament. An examination of the centroid velocity sees it speed up and slow down—an indication that electromagnetic pinching is occurring—and probably where most star formation is happening.
Gareth Samuel, creator of “See the Pattern” and EU advocate, reinforces the idea that it’s the movement of material in the filaments which powers the stars that reside in them.
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