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Science
fromwww.scientificamerican.com
1 day ago

Something extremely weird is happening to our galactic neighbor. Scientists think they know why

The Small Magellanic Cloud's unusually slow stellar rotation results from a hundred-million-year-old collision with the Large Magellanic Cloud that disrupted its normal dynamical state.
Science
fromThe Atlantic
3 months ago

Day 8 of the 2025 Space Telescope Advent Calendar: Sculpted by Stellar Winds

Hot, blue stars in NGC 346 sculpt cavities in the surrounding nebula through stellar winds, revealed by combined Hubble infrared, optical, and ultraviolet observations.
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