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Since its launch in 1990, the Hubble Space Telescope has been an invaluable research tool for scientists looking to expand our intergalactic understanding. The... 30.09.2022, Sputnik International

An odd shield of supercharged gas protects dwarf galaxies from being ripped apart by the gravitational pull of the Milky Way, 30 years worth of observations by the Hubble Space Telescope reveal.

Thanks to data from Hubble, researchers at Colorado College were able to discover that the Magellanic system is surrounded by a protective shield of hot supercharged gas called a corona.

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Researchers have used Hubble and FUSE observations of ultraviolet light from quasars to detect and map the Magellanic Corona, a diffuse halo of hot, supercharge

Studies tell us the Small Magellanic Cloud is about 200,000 light-years away, about 7,000 light-years across, and hosts several hundred million stars.

Astronomers have created the largest ever 3D map of 1 million distant galaxies otherwise obscured by the Milky Ways dwarf galaxy neighbors, the Magellanic Clouds.

Millions of distant galaxies are obscured by the Magellanic Clouds, which orbit the Milky Way. However, using several different telescopes, astronomers can see beyond them to build a 3D map of the hidden galaxies

Researchers may have located a supernovaless black hole in the Large Magellanic Cloud.

The Hubble telescope spotted a 'rare gem' in space after witnessing a fascinating multi-armed galaxy merger!