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Astronomers are questioning whether anyone should look up to Ferdinand Magellan. Two satellite galaxies in the Milky Way are named the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds in the...
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The dwarf galaxies have been known about for more than 1,000 years after being spotted by indigenous peoples across South America, Australia, and Africa.
Astronomers call for large and small Magellanic Clouds to be renamed because their namesake allegedly “has a violent colonialist legacy.” They're talking about the 16th-century Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan. He is said to have discovered the clouds during the world's first circumn
A coalition of over 50 astronomers is calling to rename the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds.