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Large Magellanic Cloud

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noun

  1. a satellite galaxy of our own Milky Way galaxy, appearing as a hazy cloud in the southern constellations Dorado and Mensa.


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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 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

For this study, Chiti and his colleagues aimed their telescopes at an unusual target: the stars that make up the Large Magellanic Cloud.

From Science Daily Mar. 20, 2024

In a remarkable discovery, astronomers have found a disc around a young star in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a galaxy neighbouring ours.

From Science Daily Nov. 29, 2023

"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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