The Milky Way may be spawning many more stars than astronomers had thought
Gamma rays reveal the galaxy’s star-making power
![the Rosette Nebula, shown as a dense cloud of red, yellow, orange and blue, with bright white spots](https://i0.wp.com/www.sciencenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/021023_kc_star-formation_feat.jpg?fit=1030%2C580&ssl=1)
The Milky Way spawns stars in places such as the Rosette Nebula, seen here in a far-infrared image from the Herschel Space Telescope, and does so with much more vigor than astronomers had thought, according to a new study.
HOBYS Key Programme Consortia/PACS & SPIRE Consortium/ESA