Astronomers using ALMA have discovered a mysterious object nicknamed the “Dragon Egg,” hidden inside a dark cosmic cloud 16,300 light-years away.

This unusually dense core offers a rare glimpse into the earliest stages of massive star formation, raising new questions about how the universe’s most powerful stars are born.

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