Large Magellanic Cloud

Special New Panorama Celebrates Hubble’s 22nd Anniversary

[/caption] Happy birthday to the Hubble Space Telescope! On April 24, 1990, HST was launched into low Earth orbit. Now,…

13 years ago

We Are Stardust… We Are Cold Then

[/caption] When we think of stars, we might think of their building blocks as white hot... But that's not particularly…

13 years ago

Incredible Spinning Star Rotates At A Million Miles Per Hour!

[/caption] Located in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a star named VFTS 102 is spinning its heart out... Literally. Rotating at…

13 years ago

NGC 1846 – Hubble Reveals Peculiar Life And Death Of A Stellar Population

[/caption] About 160,000 light years away in the direction of southern constellation Doradus, sits a globular cluster. It's not a…

13 years ago

Colorful Cluster of Stars Competes with the Tarantula Nebula

[/caption] Who can shine the brightest in the Large Magellanic Cloud? A brilliant cluster of stars, open cluster NGC 2100…

13 years ago

Hubble Captures Beautiful Baby Stars

[/caption] Within the Large Magellenic Cloud is one of the most active star forming regions in our nearby Universe. This…

14 years ago

Incredible New Hubble Image is Full of Stars!

A brand new Hubble image from Wide Field Camera 3 shows the most detailed view of the largest stellar nursery…

15 years ago