Giant 'Space Tornadoes' Discovered Raging in Milky Way's Turbulent Heart

In the heart of our galaxy a cosmic storm rages – and no one had noticed it so far. Astronomers:inside have discovered ultra-thin, rotating gas structures in the center of the Milky Way that sweep like huge tornadoes through space.read more on t3n.de

Gaia: Rewriting the story of the Milky Way

Giant 'Space Tornadoes' Discovered Raging in Milky Way's Turbulent Heart

In the absolute omnishambles of the Milky Way galactic center, we've just found a new kind of turbulent structure.Peering into the Central Molecular Zone (CMZ) that surrounds the galactic supermassive black hole, astronomers have identified long, thin filaments of gas, near outflows of material. Filaments have been identified around the galactic center previously, but these new ones are unlike any other filaments ever seen. After puzzlement,…