The Little Magellanic Cloud

The Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC) is a nearby dwarf galaxy and one of the Milky Way's closest neighbors. Credit: NASA, ESA, CXC, and the University of Potsdam, JPL-Caltech, and STScI

Collision between Magellanic Clouds may explain dwarf galaxy's unusual motion

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New research suggests that the Small Magellanic Cloud passed through the disk of the Large Magellanic Cloud several hundred million years ago. The collision disrupted the motion of stars and gas, and may require a reexamination of
"The Wing of the Small Magellanic Cloud". In this composite image of the wing, Chandra data are shown in purple, optical data from the Hubble Space Telescope are colored red, green and blue. Infrared radiation data from the Spitzer Space Telescope are also represented in red.

Suns similar to our Sun have been discovered when it was young in the Small Magellanic Cloud galaxy

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