A story of survival is unfolding at the outer reaches of our galaxy, and NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope is witnessing the saga. The Large Magellanic Cloud, also called the LMC, is one of the Milky Way galaxy’s nearest neighbors. This dwarf galaxy looms large on the southern nighttime sky at 20 times the apparent diameter […]
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Astrophysics, Astrophysics Division, Galaxies, Hubble Space Telescope, Irregular Galaxies, Spiral Galaxies, The Milky Way
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November 14, 2024
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