The Milky Way Has a Mysterious ‘Broken Bone’

If you look in milky way Through a strong telescope, you will notice that near the center of the galaxy there are emerging strands that seem to determine their spiral shape. Scientists have a title for these structures: “Galaxy bones”. Recently, astronomers have found that one of the Milky Way bones is “broken”, and they believed that they have now found the potential perpetrator: the neutron star might collide with him.

According to NasaThese bones are huge formations extended from active molecules that escalate along the magnetic fields that pass through the galaxy. The particles are digging from radio waves, and therefore can be detected using radio telescopes.

Scientists have found many of these bones in the galaxy, but one of the most surprising bones called G359.13142-0.20005, also known as “The Snake”. It is 230 lights of light throughout the year and it appears to have a fracture. It is also one of the brightest. One of the first explanations was that some of the body was not discovered had disturbed the ritual.

A study conducted by Harvard University, published in the magazine A monthly notice of the Royal Astronomical SocietyStart to test this hypothesis. The research team in question found signs of the star star, a neutron star spinning at a high speed, in the same area as the broken bone. These stars are very dense, which are the remaining small residue after the explosion of a superhero star.

Using NASA Chandra X -ray ObservatoryIt revolves around the earth, along with Mercat The telescope is in South Africa and A very large array In New Mexico – Toys Systems that discover radio waves – Science specialists have found what appeared to be pulsating effects in the ritual. Based on data from these betting, they estimate that these impulses affected the bone at a speed ranging between 1609,000 and 3,218,000 km per hour. The suspected collision has been believed to have distorted the magnetic field of the bone, causing the radio signalization.

In the image above that NASA provides, the snake can be seen, and there is a body that appears to be interacting with the structure, in the middle of its length. The aforementioned neutron star may be.

The pulsed is alternative versions of the neutron star, as well as being built -in creatures, spinning at high speeds and producing strong magnetic fields. Currently, there is no tool that it can see directly due to its size and distance, but radio telescopes can discover the electromagnetic waves that emit and hear them by converting them into a sound.

This story was originally appeared on Wireless En español It was translated from Spanish.