Magellanic Stream News Today

Large galaxies only got so large through merging with other galaxies. Our Milky Way is already absorbing its two dwarf galaxy neighbours.

Learn all about the Large Magellanic Cloud, including what it is, what it features and its relation to the Milky Way.

Artist’s rendition of the Magellanic Stellar Stream. The Milky Way’s nearest neighboring galaxies — the Small and Large Magellanic Clouds

For the first time since its discovery, scientists have found stars within the Magellanic Stream, a mighty river of hydrogen gas emanating from two small galaxies in the outskirts of the Milky Way.

Scientists have found stars within the Magellanic Stream, a mighty river of hydrogen gas emanating from two small galaxies in the outskirts of the Milky Way.

WASHINGTON and SEATTLE, Jan. 12, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- New research suggests that the High Velocity Cloud (HVC) Complex M may be the result of a su...

/PRNewswire/ -- New research suggests that the High Velocity Cloud (HVC) Complex M may be the result of a supernova that blew up about four million years ago....

/PRNewswire/ -- New research suggests that the High Velocity Cloud (HVC) Complex M may be the result of a supernova that blew up about four million years ago....

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope found this mini-jet in our Milky Way's black holes. What does it mean?

The supermassive black hole at the center of our Milky Way galaxy periodically hiccups after consuming nearby stars and gas clouds, burping a "mini-jet" out into space that is linked to expanding bubbles observed in the Galactic halo.