Magellanic
Americanadjective
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Methanol and methyl formate had already been observed in the gas phase within the Large Magellanic Cloud, but this is the first evidence that such molecules are also forming in the solid ice itself.
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
It had much, much less of the heavier elements in it than any other star yet seen in the Large Magellanic Cloud.
From Science Daily • Mar. 20, 2024
We also now have evidence for several other black holes in systems like Cygnus X-l in our galaxy and in two neighboring galaxies called the Magellanic Clouds.
From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking
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