ESO's VLT Captures Unlikely Pair In Large Magellanic Cloud [ Watch the Video: ESO Captures Pair of Mysterious Glowing Gas Clouds ] Brett Smith for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online A newly released image from the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope (VLT) has exposed new details about the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), a galactic neighbor of the Milky Way. The LMC was discovered by its namesake, Ferdinand Magellan , when the explorer's ...
Aug. 8, 2013 - redOrbit
Greetings Neighbor | Space Wallpaper This space wallpaper reveals a detailed view of a star-forming region in the Large Magellanic Cloud — one of the Milky Way's satellite galaxies.
Aug. 8, 2013 - SPACE.com
The Odd Couple: Two very different gas clouds in the galaxy next door ESO's Very Large Telescope has captured an intriguing star-forming region in the Large Magellanic Cloud -- one of the Milky Way's satellite galaxies. A sharp new image reveals two distinctive glowing clouds of gas: red-hued NGC 2014, and its blue neighbour NGC 2020. While they are very different, they were both sculpted by powerful stellar winds from extremely hot newborn stars that also radiate ...
Aug. 7, 2013 - Science Daily