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

In the astronomical field, the terms Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) and Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC ... reason why his name is present not only in relation to well-known galaxies, but he also ...

This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features a scene from one of the closest galaxies to the Milky Way, the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC). The SMC is a dwarf galaxy located about 200,000 ...

Located around 200,000 light-years from Earth, the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC) is a dwarf galaxy ... Way about once every 1.5 billion years. Related: One of the closest galaxies to the Milky ...

Evidence of Galactic Interaction in the Small Magellanic Cloud Probed by Gaia-selected Massive Star Candidates. The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series , 2025; 277 (2): 62 DOI: 10.3847/1538 ...

The galaxy next to ours might be getting torn apart, a study has suggested. The Small Magellanic Cloud, or SMC – a relatively small galaxy that neighbours ours – appears to be getting torn to ...

Two dwarf galaxies are waging war in the vicinity of our Milky Way and it looks like there is only one possible victor. Using tips from the star-tracking Gaia spacecraft, scientists examined the ...

Their findings suggest that the gravitational pull of the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), the SMC's larger companion, may be tearing the smaller one apart. This discovery reveals a new pattern in ...

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.