What it is: The LargeMagellanicCloud and the Small MagellanicCloud, two dwarf satellite galaxies of the Milky Way Where it is: 160,000 light-years away, in the constellations Dorado and ...
A story of survival is unfolding at the outer reaches of our galaxy, and NASA's Hubble Space Telescope is witnessing the saga. The LargeMagellanicCloud, also called the LMC, is one of the ...
The first-ever close-up of an extragalactic star looks different than expected and might give a view of what stars look like at the end of their lives.
The Tarantula Nebula is a star-forming region in the Large Magellanic Cloud galaxy, 161,000 light-years from Earth. It's also known as 30 Doradus. The starburst galaxy, called NGC 1569, sparkles with ...