The HH 1177 system, situated in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a neighboring galaxy, is depicted in an artist’s illustration. This system consists of a massive young star at its center that draws in material from a rotating gas and dust disk and also expels matter in the form of jets. For the first time ever, astronomers have discovered a young star along with its dense disk outside the Milky Way galaxy in the Large Magellanic Cloud, which is approximately 160,000 light-years away. This unprecedented discovery could significantly further our understanding of star and planet formation. As a star accumulates more gas and dust in an accretion disk, it grows in size due to strong gravitational forces. HH 1177 and its rotating disk were discovered using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array of telescopes in Chile and were found within the stellar nursery called N180, which has less dust and lower metal abundance than the Milky Way. The discovery represents the first direct evidence of an extragalactic accretion disc and provides astronomers with vital indisputable evidence of star formation in another galaxy. The Event Horizon Telescope captured the first image of Sgr A*, the supermassive black hole at the center of our galaxy. The image, which includes a dark central region surrounded by a bright ring-like structure, was rendered with an added black background to fit wider screens. The black hole, which is four million times more massive than our Sun, is located in the galaxy. This discovery has shattered previous scientific knowledge and is an extraordinary feat of technological advancement in the field of astronomy. The newfound ability to study the formation of stars in distant galaxies marks a remarkable era of scientific discovery and innovation.
First-ever Detection of Planet-Forming Disk Around a Star in a Different Galaxy
