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Unveiling the Center of Our Milky Way Galaxy

We captured an extremely crisp infrared image of the center of our Milky Way galaxy. Spanning more than 600 light-years, this panorama reveals details within the dense swirls of gas and dust in high resolution, opening the door to future research into how massive stars are forming and what’s feeding the supermassive black hole at our galaxy’s core.

Among the features coming into focus are the jutting curves of the Arches Cluster containing the densest concentration of stars in our galaxy, as well as the Quintuplet Cluster with stars a million times brighter than our Sun. Our galaxy’s black hole takes shape with a glimpse of the fiery-looking ring of gas surrounding it.

The new view was made by the world’s largest airborne telescope, the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy, or SOFIA.

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The Strawberry Full Moon, (June 17, 2019) by Milamai 

I may not speak much. But I do believe it's time for a rather exciting conversation. Don't you think, my dears?

The inbox is open if you all feel free to speak with me... perhaps?

Tarantula Nebula, Cosmic Web

Hi, id like to learn more about your void alastor?

Hm? What a question for him to answer. He tilts his head and thinks. To learn about the void? This is an interesting start. Ah, wait a minute.

"Well... now that I think about it. I can't tell if you're asking about where I live or about myself."

Mod: If you're asking about the character, he's literally the personification of a Black Hole in space and I dub the black hole "The Void" since it leads to oblivion. However, a friend of mine had told me that even though they lead to oblivion a black hole helps nebulas create the stars and such. It's so interesting! I just enjoy it and I thought of creating this AU of Alastor being the King of The Void, since he's a black hole. Angel Dust is the Nebulas that creates the stars! Charlie, Vaggie, Husk and Nifty are apart of this AU but I need to figure out what they would be.

NGC 1566, Spanish Dancer