Clouds, Large and Small, of the Southern Sky
Jonathan Nally sets out to explore the Southern Hemisphere sky, starting with two uniquely southern sights: the Small and Large Magellanic Clouds.
Astronomers Find 100,000-light-year Bow Shock in the Milky Way’s Outskirts
New simulations showed astronomers where to look for evidence of a dwarf galaxy's bow shock as it crashes through the Milky Way's halo.
Astronomers Look into the Past of Local Dwarf Galaxies
A combination of simulations and observations indicates that galaxies like the Large Magellanic Cloud control when punier dwarfs plunge into large galaxies.
Peer Deep Within the Large Magellanic Cloud
A team of amateurs reveals the Large Magellanic Cloud, a galactic neighbor, in an exceedingly deep, high-resolution mosaic.
Evidence Mounts for a Magellanic Collision
Astronomers have suspected for some time that the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds collided in the recent past. The Gaia space telescope provides striking new evidence for a head-on collision.