Context. High-mass star formation is far less understood than low-mass star formation. It
entails the ejection of matter through molecular outflows, which disturbs the protostellar …

Long and skinny molecular filaments running along Galactic spiral arms are known as"
bones," since they make up the skeleton of the Milky Way. However, their origin is still an …

Massive infrared dark clouds (IRDCs) are considered to host the earliest stages of high-
mass star formation. In particular, 70 μm dark IRDCs are the colder and more quiescent …

A fundamental difference between" core-fed" and" clump-fed" star-formation theories lies in
the existence or absence of high-mass cores at the prestellar stage. However, only a handful …

In order to study the initial conditions of massive star formation, we have previously built a
sample of 463 high-mass starless clumps (HMSCs) across the inner Galactic plane covered …

Context. Massive stars are generally believed to form in environments characterized by
supersonic turbulence. However, recent observations challenge this traditional view. High …

Core-collapse supernovae (CCSNe) are considered the primary magnetar formation
channel, with 15 magnetars associated with supernova remnants (SNRs). A large fraction of …

Fragmentation during the early stages of high-mass star formation is crucial for
understanding the formation of high-mass clusters. We investigated fragmentation within 39 …

Abstract Knowledge of the initial conditions of high-mass star formation is critical for
theoretical models, but are not well observed. Built on our previous characterization of a …

Gas volume density is one of the critical parameters, along with dispersions in magnetic field
position angles and non-thermal gas motions, for estimating the magnetic field strength …