A new study of the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC) reveals that the gas-rich galaxy is transforming in real time, still possibly recovering from a direct collision with the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) a ...

For more than a decade, the collision between the Milky Way and Andromeda galaxies has been treated as a settled fact of cosmic destiny. A peer-reviewed study published in Nature Astronomy now ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Astronomers may have finally explained why the Small Magellanic Cloud isn't spinning like it should. The cause: it's still reeling ...

The timing also shifted. Among simulations that ended in a merger, the median collision occurred after 7.6 billion years, much later than the familiar five-billion-year prediction. Only about 2% ...

The Small Magellanic Cloud or the SMC is one of the Milky Way's closest galactic neighbors – a small, gas-rich galaxy visible to the naked eye from the southern hemisphere, bound to our galaxy by ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Gaia measurements show massive stars in the Small Magellanic Cloud moving apart, suggesting the Large Magellanic Cloud may be ...

TUCSON, Ariz. (KVOA) - The Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC), one of the Milky Way's closest galactic neighbors, is undergoing a transformation visible from the southern hemisphere. This change is due to a ...

A new study highlights the effects of the Large Magellanic Cloud on the Small Magellanic Cloud. And while these findings are significant, they also help astronomers to better understand the ...

Our most massive satellite galaxy, the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), has been the center of a heated debate in the astrophysics community over the last few years. That debate centers on whether this ...

A new study raise questions about how scientists use the Small Magellanic Cloud, our neighboring galaxy, as a reference point for understanding galaxies across the history of the universe. (Nanowerk ...