A Galactic wind blowing from the Milky Way nucleus has swept up a few hundred clouds of atomic gas. New observations reveal dense molecular cores in two of these clouds, indicating a high loss rate of interstellar gas from the Galactic centre.
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Morris, M.R. Gone with the Galactic wind. Nat Astron 4, 839–840 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41550-020-1176-2
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