ALMA Observatory Identifies Massive Star Embryo Inside the Dragon Cloud

By Rupendra Brahambhatt · Interesting Engineering · 2026-10-25

Interesting Engineering reports that astronomers used the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array to isolate a compact core located 16,300 light-years from Earth. Designated C2c1a(a), this dense object sits within a vast reservoir of cold gas and lacks the energetic outflows

Interesting Engineering reports that astronomers used the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array to isolate a compact core located 16,300 light-years from Earth. Designated C2c1a(a), this dense object sits within a vast reservoir of cold gas and lacks the energetic outflows