Stephens, Ian W; Coude, Simon; Myers, Philip C; Zucker, Catherine; Jackson, James M; Andersson, B -G; Smith, Rowan; Archana Soam; Sanhueza, Patricio; Hogge, Taylor; Smith, Howard A; Novak, Giles; Sadavoy, Sarah; Pillai, Thushara; Li, Zhi Yun; Looney, Leslie W; Sugitani, Koji; Guzman, Andres E; Goodman, Alyssa; Kusune, Takayoshi; Zhang, Miaomiao; Karnath, Nicole; Marin, Jessy
(American Astronomical Society, 2025-12-20)
Stars primarily form in galactic spiral arms within dense, filamentary molecular clouds. The largest and most elongated of these molecular clouds are referred to as “bones,” which are massive, velocity-coherent filaments ...