Supersonic gas filaments discovered in fast-moving Milky Way cloud
Tuesday, 22 July 2025 () Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Jul 22, 2025
A team of astronomers has revealed an intricate network of supersonic gas filaments within a very-high-velocity cloud (VHVC) in the Milky Way, using the Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical radio Telescope (FAST). The discovery sheds new light on the dynamic structure of the interstellar medium in the galaxy's quieter outer regions. Led by the Shanghai Astronomical Observatory (SHAO) of t