The upper panel shows the distribution of molecular clouds in the Milky Way galaxy obtained by the Nobeyama 45-m radio telescope. The lower panel shows infrared observation by the Spitzer Space Telescope. \u00a9 The National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, Nobeyama Radio Observatory<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nEven though the Milky Way is the only galaxy close enough to make detailed observations of molecular clouds in the whole Universe, astronomers have previously found it challenging to investigate the physical properties of molecular clouds in a cohesive manner from large-scale observations.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nThe team\u2019s research allows for star formation to be closely observed <\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\nTo overcome this problem, the team utilised AI to identify around 140,000 molecular clouds in the Milky Way from large-scale data of carbon monoxide molecules, observed in detail by the Nobeyama 45-m radio telescope.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nThe researchers successfully mapped their distribution, covering the first quadrant of the Galactic plane, in the most detailed manner to date.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nThe results have the potential to provide a complete distribution map of the Milky Way<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n\u201cThe results not only give a bird’s eye view of the galaxy but will also help in various studies of star formation,\u201d explained Dr Fujita.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\u201cIn the future, we would like to expand the scope of observations with the Nobeyama 45-m radio telescope and incorporate radio telescope observation data of the sky in the southern hemisphere, which cannot be observed from Japan, for a complete distribution map of the entire Milky Way.\u201d<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Areas of star formation in the Milky Way have been successfully identified by researchers through the use of Artificial Intelligence.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":30588,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[771],"tags":[570,818,3477],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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