Researchers Find the Largest Structure in the Milky Way Galaxy

Rebecca Jean T.
2 min readFeb 2, 2022

An international team led by astronomers from the Max Plank Institute of Astronomy (MPIA) recently discovered a massive filament of atomic Hydrogen gas in our own galaxy. The structure, nicknamed “Maggie” is located on the other side of the Milky Way Galaxy, about 55,000 light-years away.

Artist impression of the Milky Way Galaxy. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ESO/R. Hurt

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Rebecca Jean T.

Published author on NASA’s Radio Jove newsletter and contributing writer for Aha!. Researching science topics to deliver to you in bite-sized stories.