NASA image shows LMC as it passes through the gaseous halo of the Milky Way galaxy. NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has captured a stunning dance happening in the outer reaches of our Milky Way galaxy.
Milky Way strips LMC's gas halo with ram pressure. Hubble captures dramatic interaction between galaxies. LMC retains enough gas for new star formation.
This artist's concept shows a closeup of the Large Magellanic Cloud, a dwarf galaxy that is one of the Milky Way galaxy's nearest neighbors. A story of survival is unfolding at the outer reaches of ...