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SUBMITTER: Xu Y
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5040477 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Xu Ye Y Reid Mark M Dame Thomas T Menten Karl K Sakai Nobuyuki N Li Jingjing J Brunthaler Andreas A Moscadelli Luca L Zhang Bo B Zheng Xingwu X
Science advances 20160928 9
The nature of the spiral structure of the Milky Way has long been debated. Only in the last decade have astronomers been able to accurately measure distances to a substantial number of high-mass star-forming regions, the classic tracers of spiral structure in galaxies. We report distance measurements at radio wavelengths using the Very Long Baseline Array for eight regions of massive star formation near the Local spiral arm of the Milky Way. Combined with previous measurements, these observation ...[more]