First recorded in 1675–85
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Within this space nebulæ are clustered more closely than over any corresponding space in the heavens, save only the greater Magellanic cloud.
From Half-hours with the Telescope Being a Popular Guide to the Use of the Telescope as a Means of Amusement and Instruction. by Proctor, Richard A. (Richard Anthony)
In a separate study published in 2025, the same team found that the impact left a visible mark on the Large Magellanic Cloud.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 20, 2026
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
Yet recent images captured by NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope seem to contradict that notion by showing protoplanetary disks in a dwarf galaxy adjacent to our own Milky Way, the Small Magellanic Cloud.
From Salon ● Dec. 21, 2024
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
"I make it just a shade inside the outermost fringes of the Large Magellanic Cloud."
From The Women-Stealers of Thrayx by Holden, Fox B.
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