Image: Hubble captures the Small Magellanic Cloud
Say hello to one of the Milky Way's neighbors! This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features a scene from one of the ...
Space.com on MSN2d
Hubble Telescope captures gorgeous new view of Milky Way's star-packed galactic neighbor (photo)
Using Hubble's Wide Field Camera 3 instrument, astronomers captured this recent up-close view of the SMC, full of twinkling ...
Live Science on MSN3d
Space photo of the week: Hubble zooms in on the glittering galaxy next door
The Small Magellanic Cloud, a dwarf galaxy about 200,000 light-years from the solar system, can be seen with the naked eye ...
Astronomy on MSN9d
Our near galactic neighbor might have a supermassive black hole
Fast-moving stars in the Milky Way received a powerful kick from the Large Magellanic Cloud — and a central black hole might ...
Space on MSN14d
Hubble Telescope spies star-forming cocoons in neighboring galaxy (photo)
The open star cluster NGC 460 is located within a greater collection of nebulae and star clusters known as N83, within one of ...
Mirage News12d
Hubble Captures Neighbor's Colorful Clouds
Explore HubbleHubble HomeOverviewAbout HubbleThe History of HubbleHubble TimelineWhy Have a Telescope in Space?Hubble by the ...
Yahoo3d
Space photo of the week: Hubble zooms in on the glittering galaxy next door
The SMC is close to the bigger Large Magellanic Cloud and is best seen from November ... stars — something the SMC has lacked due to its small size. Dwarf galaxies like the SMC are thought ...
Space.com on MSN9d
Euclid 'dark universe detective' spacecraft discovers 2,674 new dwarf galaxies
"This work highlights Euclid’s remarkable ability to detect and characterize dwarf galaxies, enabling a comprehensive view of ...
Astronomy12d
Our near galactic neighbor might have a supermassive black hole
The Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) is one of the Milky Way’s closest neighbors. It’s a small, irregular galaxy that orbits the Milky Way, and is an easy naked-eye object from the Southern ...