D ay 19 of the 2024 Space Telescope Advent Calendar: a beacon in the clouds. This image from the James Webb Space Telescope features a bright H II region in the Large Magellanic C ...
NASA astronaut Don Pettit imaged the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds as the International Space Station cruised 260 miles above the Pacific Ocean. What it is: The Large Magellanic Cloud and the ...
Hubble’s image of the Large Magellanic Cloud captures the active star formation region LHA 120-N 11 (N11). The mosaic covers a six-arcminute area, created from five different ACS positions.
In the astronomical field, the terms Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) and Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC) are widely used. They feature in thousands of peer-reviewed scientific articles, spawning even ...
The Milky Way has two prominent satellite galaxies, called the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds. (The Magellanic Clouds are visible on Earth only from the southern hemisphere; their existence was ...
He even uses special tools to capture what he sees. The Large Magellanic Cloud and the Small Magellanic Cloud. Photo: Don Pettit His most recent images show the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds ...