A team of astronomers have used the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) and likely solved a big universal mystery about dwarf galaxies:

How is it able to form brilliant star clusters without the dusty, gas-rich environments found in larger galaxies? The answer, astronomers believe, lies in densely packed and previously unrecognized nuggets of star-forming material sprinkled throughout the galaxy.

These clouds, which are nestled within a heavy blanket of interstellar material, help explain how dense star clusters [3] are able to form in the tenuous environs of a galaxy thousands of times smaller and far more diffuse than our own Milky Way.

Let’s find out more on the compounds they detected which solve this mystery on page 2

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