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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 ...
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Hubble is turning 35: Here are its best images from the last year
It shows the star cluster NGC 346, located in a satellite galaxy ... where clouds of colorful gas are criss-crossed by dark strands of dust. Located in the Large Magellanic Cloud, this nebula ...
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A Supermassive Black Hole Is Heading Straight for the Milky Way—And Here’s What That Means for Our Galaxy
This black hole, nestled in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), a dwarf galaxy that orbits the Milky Way, has been detected as part of an ongoing journey toward merging with our galaxy. While this ...
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Study Reveals Evidence of Supermassive Black Hole Inside Nearby Galaxy
The Large Magellanic Cloud is a dwarf galaxy residing near our Milky Way, visible to the naked eye as a luminous patch of light from Earth's southern hemisphere and named after Portuguese explorer ...
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Hubble Telescope captures gorgeous new view of Milky Way's star-packed galactic neighbor (photo)
It is one of our Milky Way galaxy's closest neighbors alongside its companion galaxy, the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC). "Thanks to its proximity, the SMC is one of only a few galaxies that can be ...
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Astronomers Discover Evidence of a Stealthy Supermassive Black Hole Hiding Right ‘Under Our Noses’
The other half seemed to be linked to a supermassive black hole at the center of the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), a neighboring dwarf galaxy thought to be orbiting the Milky Way. An artist’s ...