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Published 17:21 30 May 2021 BST
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NASA shared the vertical panorama which gathered images and data from more than 370 different observations made by the Chandra and other telescopes on social media.
In the official article, they described the representation of billions of stars and black holes of millions as "Magnetized Threads Weave Spectacular Galactic Tapestry". You can, of course, dig into the science yourself if you're feeling 200 IQ but NASA summarised the impression quite succinctly here:
https://twitter.com/NASA/status/1398059950065262593?s=20
Daniel Wang from the University of Massachusetts Amherst was involved in the project while working from home during the coronavirus pandemic.
He explained that: "What we see in the picture is a violent or energetic ecosystem in our galaxy's downtown."
He went on to elaborate that "[t]here are a lot of supernova remnants, black holes, and neutron stars there. Each X-ray dot or feature represents an energetic source, most of which are in the centre." Mind-boggling really.
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