Small Magellanic Cloud
Dwarf irregular galaxy
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| 2024 |
NGC 602
First detection of candidate brown dwarfs outside the Milky Way is made in NGC 602.
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| 2019 |
Magellanic Stream
Astronomers discovered the young star cluster Price-Whelan 1 using Gaia data. The cluster has low metallicity and is located in the leading arm of the Magellanic Clouds. This discovery suggests the leading arm is 90,000 light-years from the Milky Way, which is closer than previous estimates, and indicates recent star formation in the area.
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| 2018 |
Magellanic Stream
Research confirmed the chemical composition of the Magellanic Stream Leading Arm more closely resembles the Small Magellanic Cloud by analyzing light from background quasars. This analysis indicated that the gas most likely originated from the Small Magellanic Cloud, suggesting the Large Magellanic Cloud is 'winning' in the gravitational interaction.
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| January 2010 |
Magellanic Stream
At the American Astronomical Society meeting, David Nidever from the University of Virginia announced new findings about the Magellanic Stream using data from the Robert C. Byrd Green Bank Telescope. The research revealed that the Stream is much longer and older than previously thought, likely forming around 2.5 billion years ago when the two Magellanic Clouds passed close to each other.
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