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This time, the focus is on the remains of a star that exploded in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), a satellite galaxy of the ...
"This could potentially change our understanding of the history of the three-body interaction between the two Magellanic ...
"Thanks to the high resolution of our new images, we detected a faint structure on the northeast side of this supernova ...
The Multi Unit Spectroscopic Explorer (MUSE) instrument on ESO’s Very Large Telescope captured imagery of young star system ...
Located in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a nearby satellite galaxy of the Milky Way, LMCN 1968-12a is the first recurrent nova ...
Led by Satoya Nakano and Kengo Tachihara, the team has discovered that the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC), a dwarf galaxy neighboring the Milky Way, may be getting torn apart by the gravitation pull of ...
In recent years, astronomers have been able to study the motion of the stars in the galaxy with outstanding precision. And ...
Using the Australia Telescope Compact Array (ATCA) and Parkes 64-m telescope, an international team of astronomers has ...
A quiet neighbour of the Milky Way, the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC), appears to be falling apart. And scientists say they didn’t see it coming.
Named after the explorer Ferdinand Magellan, who documented them during his voyage in the 16th century, they consist of the ...
The beloved Hubble Space Telescope is reaching its 35th anniversary, and over the years it has taken some stunning images.
An illustration shows a large galaxy ripping a smaller galaxy ... history of the three-body interaction between the two Magellanic Clouds and the Milky Way." The new findings could help scientists ...