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The survey targets the so-called Central Molecular Zone, which contains tens of millions of times the sun's mass in dense material, surrounding the supermassive black hole, Sagittarius A*. The region runs warmer and far more chaotic than most of the Milky Way's disk. By standard estimates, that much dense gas should produce stars at a steady pace. Instead, the region forms them about 10 times slower than predicted.