The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is, as anyone who has followed the telescope knows well, an extremely powerful device capable of feats of astronomy far beyond its predecessors. But such a device can also reveal what astronomers might not expect.

That was the case when a team of researchers looked into a relatively dark patch of the Milky Way center, hoping to find the traces of newly forming stars. Instead, they found new evidence for large quantities of carbon monoxide ice.

The astronomers published their findings in The Astrophysical Journal.

It’s starting to become clear that genre TV and movies need their own stage to shine. Sure, there are the Oscars and the Emmys, but they have all sections of the medium competing with each other. Genre pictures like Everything Everywhere All At Once can take home the top prize, but it’s become a very occasional occurrence. But an unlikely hero is emerging that may give the subgenre the dedicated award — and awards show — it deserves.