The center of our spiral Milky Way Galaxy is loaded with stars, dust and gas, and at its very center, a supermassive black hole.

Astronomers have at last observed newborn stars at the center of our galaxy. The discovery was made using the infrared vision of NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope.

Conditions at the center are fierce, with stellar winds and powerful shock waves .

And all the cosmic dust that is between us and the center of our galaxy has prevented observations -- until now.

The galactic center is a very interesting place. It has young stars, old stars, black holes, everything. It is is a mysterious place, just a fraction of the size of the entire Milky Way, but stuffed with 10 percent of all the gas in the galaxy -- and loads and loads of stars.

The team of scientists have found three very young stars embedded in cocoons of gas and dust -- stars that will help reveal the secrets at the core of the Milky Way. The young stellar objects are all less than about 1 million years old !