NASA reveals stunning ‘Cosmic Reef’ blasting to life in nearby galaxy0
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- April 28, 2020
Two bright nebulas in a galaxy 163,000 light-years away are very pregnant with stars.
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Our Galaxy Kidnapped Some Of Its Satellite Galaxies From The Large Magellanic Cloud0
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- October 11, 2019
Large galaxies like the Milky Way do not roam the cosmos alone. Instead, they are surrounded by many smaller companion galaxies. The largest satellite of the Milky Way is called the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), and it should be big enough to have its own satellites – but these satellites don’t seem to be there.
Magellanic Clouds duo may have been a trio0
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- September 18, 2018
Two of the closest galaxies to the Milky Way — the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds — may have had a third companion, astronomers believe. New research describes how another ‘luminous’ galaxy was likely engulfed by the Large Magellanic Cloud some three to five billion years ago.
European satellite reveals motions of more than 1 billion stars and shape of the Milky Way0
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- April 25, 2018
The Large Magellanic Cloud, one of the Milky Way’s nearest neighbors, may be more massive than previously thought.
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