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Astronomers give explanation for fracture in Milky Way’s cosmic ‘bone’

  • Astronomers identified a fracture in a 230-light-year-long radio filament called G359.13142-0.20005 near the Milky Way's center in 2024.
  • Researchers linked the fracture to a collision caused by a fast-moving pulsar, a rapidly spinning neutron star, likely striking the filament at high speed.
  • This filament, also called the Galactic Center Snake, emits radio waves shaped by magnetic fields and appears as one of the brightest, longest structures near the galactic center.
  • Data from Chandra and radio telescopes indicate that the pulsar was moving at an extraordinary speed ranging from approximately 1.6 million to 3.2 million kilometers per hour, generating X-ray emissions and causing a disturbance in the magnetic structure of the filament.
  • This discovery suggests the fracture may heal over millennia and highlights the dynamic interactions shaping the Milky Way's magnetic filaments, though further study is needed.
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Astronomers give explanation for fracture in Milky Way’s cosmic ‘bone’

The bone-like structure emits radio waves and is thought to be made of high-energy particles.

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AAS Nova broke the news in on Monday, May 5, 2025.
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