Large Magellanic Cloud
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The Large Magellanic Cloud, located about 160,000 light-years from Earth, is an ideal environment for studying how stars form in conditions resembling those of the early universe.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 12, 2025
"The detection of icy COMs in the Large Magellanic Cloud provides evidence that these reactions can produce them effectively in a much harsher environment than in the solar neighborhood."
From Science Daily ● Nov. 12, 2025
The newly imaged star, WOH G64, lies within the Large Magellanic Cloud, one of the small galaxies that orbits the Milky Way.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 21, 2024
The last nearby supernova was in 1987 in the Large Magellanic Cloud, one of the Milky Way's satellites.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 21, 2024
"I make it just a shade inside the outermost fringes of the Large Magellanic Cloud."
From The Women-Stealers of Thrayx by Fox B. Holden
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