NASA’s Hubble Sees Aftermath of Galaxy’s Scrape with Milky Way
13 hours ago · This artist's concept illustrates the Large Magellanic Cloud's (LMC's) encounter with the Milky Way galaxy's gaseous halo. In the top panel, at the middle of the right side, the LMC begins crashing through our galaxy's much more massive halo. The bright purple bow shock represents the leading edge of the LMC's halo, which is being compressed as ...
NASA's Hubble Sees Aftermath of Galaxy's Scrape with Milky Way
1 day ago · The Large Magellanic Cloud, also called the LMC, is one of the Milky Way galaxy's nearest neighbors. This dwarf galaxy looms large on the southern nighttime sky at 20 times the apparent diameter of the full Moon. Many researchers theorize that the LMC is not in orbit around our galaxy, but is just passing by. These scientists think that the LMC ...
James Webb telescope reveals stunning 'star factory' in glorious …
Jan 24, 2024 · The orange, yellow and blue image from the powerful space telescope features the interstellar atomic hydrogen of the 1,630-light-year-wide nebula N79, located in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a...
Hubble sees aftermath of galaxy’s scrape with Milky Way
1 day ago · The Large Magellanic Cloud, also called the LMC, is one of the Milky Way galaxy’s nearest neighbours. This dwarf galaxy looms large in the southern nighttime sky at 20 times the apparent diameter of the full Moon. Many researchers theorise that the LMC is not in orbit around our galaxy, but is just passing by.
A Cosmic Tarantula, Caught by NASA’s Webb - NASA
Sep 6, 2022 · At only 161,000 light-years away in the Large Magellanic Cloud galaxy, the Tarantula Nebula is the largest and brightest star-forming region in the Local Group, the galaxies nearest our Milky Way. It is home to the hottest, most massive stars known.
James Webb Space Telescope shares stunning view of a …
Aug 31, 2023 · It sits about 168,000 light-years away from Earth in the Large Magellanic Cloud and represents the destruction of a blue supergiant star called Sanduleak–69 202.
Webb Looks at Massive Star-Forming Complex in Large Magellanic Cloud
Jan 23, 2024 · Using the Mid-InfraRed Instrument (MIRI) onboard the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have captured a spectacular image of N79, a region of interstellar ionized hydrogen in the Large Magellanic Cloud.
Webb Telescope captures massive star-forming complex - Phys.org
Jan 23, 2024 · This image from the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope features an H II region in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), a satellite galaxy of our Milky Way. This nebula, known as N79, is a...
Galactic Genesis: Webb Space Telescope Reveals Massive
Jan 23, 2024 · The James Webb Space Telescope has captured a stunning image of N79, a vibrant star-forming region in the Large Magellanic Cloud, highlighting its potential as a younger version of the Tarantula Nebula.
A massive cluster is born | ESA/Webb
Jan 23, 2024 · This image from the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope features an H II region in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), a satellite galaxy of our Milky Way. This nebula, known as N79, is a region of interstellar atomic hydrogen that is ionised, captured here by Webb’s Mid-InfraRed Instrument (MIRI). N79 is a massive star-forming complex ...