- Scientists have discovered what may be the longest structure in the Milky Way: an unusual cloud of hydrogen. The research team has named the lengthy cloud “Maggie,” which is short for the Magdalena River, the longest river in Colombia.
- The structure, which is more than 3,900 light-years long and around 150 light-years wide, is located roughly 55,000 light-years away from the solar system.
- Previously, the largest known clouds of gas in the Milky Way were thought to be about 800 light-years across.
- Researchers discovered the cloud as part of The HI/OH/Recombination line survey of the Milky Way (THOR).
- The survey relied on data collected by the radio observatory called the Jansky Very Large Array in New Mexico,
(Source: Live Science)
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