Tag Archive for 'Large Magellanic Cloud'

In this composite image, the Magellanic Stream is shown in pink. The Milky Way is the light blue band in the center of the image. The Magellanic Clouds, satellite galaxies of the Milky Way, are the white regions at the bottom right (David L. Nidever et al. / NRAO / AUI / NSF / Mellinger / Leiden / Argentine / Bonn Survey / Parkes Observatory / Westerbork Observatory / Arecibo Observatory)

Astronomers Solve Mystery of Magellanic Stream’s Origin

Aug 8, 2013 by News Staff

Scientists have found that most of the Magellanic Stream was stripped from the Small Magellanic Cloud about 2 billion years ago, with a smaller portion...

Composite image of the supernova remnant 1987A (ICRAR)

Radio Astronomers Uncover Secrets of Supernova Remnant 1987A

Apr 2, 2013 by News Staff

An international team of astronomers from Australia and Hong Kong using the Australia Telescope Compact Array has observed the supernova remnant 1987A...

Enormous Halo of Hot Gas Found Surrounding Milky Way Galaxy

Sep 25, 2012 by Sergio Prostak

New observations made with NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory, ESA’s XMM-Newton, and Japan’s Suzaku have provided evidence that our Galaxy...

Chandra Observes X-Ray-Bright Superbubble in Large Magellanic Cloud

Aug 31, 2012 by Sergio Prostak

Astronomers have used NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory to produce a new X-ray image of NGC 1929, a star cluster embedded in the N44 nebula, which...

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