Sparkling Dreams: Hubble Space Telescope Head in the Clouds
This image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope features a small portion of the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC). Located only about 200,000 light-years from Earth,…
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Stunning Close-Up Reveals Secrets of Milky Way’s Neighbor in “Unprecedented” Clarity
A stunning image captured by researchers at The Australian National University (ANU) and Australia’s national science agency, CSIRO, shows one of the Milky Way’s closest…
Large and Small Magellanic Clouds May Have Had a Third Companion
Astronomers believe two of the closest galaxies to the Milky Way—the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds—may have had a third companion. Research published today describes…
Astronomers Discover a Dead Star Hidden in the Small Magellanic Cloud
New images from ESO’s Very Large Telescope in Chile and other telescopes reveal a rich landscape of stars and glowing clouds of gas in one…
VISTA Captures Record-Breaking Image of the Small Magellanic Cloud
The infrared capabilities of the Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope (VISTA) reveal the myriad of stars in the Small Magellanic Cloud much more clearly than…
New Deep View of the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds
This newly released ESO image reveals a new view of the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds. Each of the thousands of spots in this new…
Astronomers Discover Dwarf Galaxies Orbiting the Milky Way
Astronomers from the University of Cambridge have identified nine new dwarf satellites orbiting the Milky Way, the largest number ever discovered at once. Astronomers have…
A Closer Look at the Colors of the Small Magellanic Cloud
This composite image used data from Herschel’s Spectral and Photometric Imaging Receiver (SPIRE), Photodetector Array Camera and Spectrometer (PACS), and Spitzer’s Multiband Imaging Photometer (MIPS)…
Observations Reveal Young Stars With Masses Similar to Our Sun Outside the Milky Way
New Chandra observations of the Small Magellanic Cloud have resulted in the first detection of X-ray emission from young stars with masses similar to our…
Hubble Views Open Cluster NGC 411
This composite image from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope shows open cluster NGC 411, which is located in the Small Magellanic Cloud. Globular clusters are roughly…
NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope Finds Solid Buckyballs in Space
Using data from NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope, astronomers discovered buckyballs in a solid form around a pair of stars called “XX Ophiuchi,” 6,500 light-years from…