This colorful view of N79 centers on a star-forming molecular cloud complex in the Large Magellanic Cloud.

Astronomers have made new discoveries about young star formation in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), using the James Webb ...

In actuality, these dwarf satellite galaxies are the closest galaxies to the Milky Way. The Large Magellanic Cloud is roughly 160,000 light-years away, while the Small Magellanic Cloud is 200,000 ...

Galaxies like the Milky Way grow by merging with smaller galaxies over billions of years, unlike dwarf galaxies, which have ...

The Milky Way's known satellites harbor up to ten million stars each. The Small Magellanic Cloud holds some three billion stars, and the Large Cloud perhaps 30 billion. For another, the clouds don ...

Use precise geolocation data and actively scan device characteristics for identification. This is done to store and access ...

In 1995, the Hubble Space Telescope conducted a remarkable experiment by focusing for 10 straight days on a seemingly empty, dark patch of sky near the Big Dipper, roughly the size of a pinhead held ...

NASA has shared stunning images of various star clusters. Here are a few of these captivating shots. The bright glow of the ...

This Hubble Space Telescope image shows rich detail in a pair of star clusters 166,000 light-years away in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), in the southern constellation Doradus. This striking Hubble ...

Observations of VFTS 243 provide evidence that black holes can form directly from the collapse of massive stars, without a ...

Let's explore the seven best images captured by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope in 2024. This composite image of the Crab ...

They found the star was made of chemicals more often seen in smaller galaxies that float outside the Milky Way, like the Small Magellanic Cloud and the Sagittarius dwarf galaxy. The most likely ...