"This could potentially change our understanding of the history of the three-body interaction between the two Magellanic ...

This time, the focus is on the remains of a star that exploded in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), a satellite galaxy of the ...

"Thanks to the high resolution of our new images, we detected a faint structure on the northeast side of this supernova ...

The Multi Unit Spectroscopic Explorer (MUSE) instrument on ESO’s Very Large Telescope captured imagery of young star system ...

Located in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a nearby satellite galaxy of the Milky Way, LMCN 1968-12a is the first recurrent nova ...

An analysis of star movements from the Gaia spacecraft reveals that the Small Magellanic Cloud — a satellite galaxy bound to the Milky Way — is being torn apart by its larger neighbor.

Led by Satoya Nakano and Kengo Tachihara, the team has discovered that the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC), a dwarf galaxy neighboring the Milky Way, may be getting torn apart by the gravitation pull of ...

In recent years, astronomers have been able to study the motion of the stars in the galaxy with outstanding precision. And ...

Named after the explorer Ferdinand Magellan, who documented them during his voyage in the 16th century, they consist of the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) and the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC). Located ...

Using the Australia Telescope Compact Array (ATCA) and Parkes 64-m telescope, an international team of astronomers has ...

This stunning image shows another part of the Tarantula Nebula, where clouds of colorful gas are criss-crossed by dark strands of dust. Located in the Large Magellanic Cloud, this nebula was ...

As they watched those stars, researchers noticed that they appeared to be getting pulled apart by the Large Magellanic Cloud, or LMC, which itself neighbours the galaxy. “The stars in the SMC were ...