Milky Way

The Milky Way is bursting with new stars in University of Arizona study

The Milky Way is bursting with new stars in University of Arizona study

A Steward Observatory astronomer recently completed the largest survey of dense molecular gas in the Milky Way galaxy — the regions where stars are formed.

Yancy Shirley, an assistant professor of astronomy at the University of Arizona, said the study will allow astronomers to better understand how stars form and galaxies evolve.

Read the full story as it appeared in the Arizona Daily Star here.