"This could potentially change our understanding of the history of the three-body interaction between the two Magellanic ...

Scientists have found that our nearest galaxy is undergoing 'gradual destruction' and could change everything that we know ...

A repeating nova eruption in the Large Magellanic Cloud has shattered temperature records, revealing unexpected chemical signatures and offering fresh insight into stellar evolution. The findings were ...

Using the Australia Telescope Compact Array (ATCA) and Parkes 64-m telescope, an international team of astronomers has ...

Researchers conducted the first-ever near-infrared analysis of an extragalactic recurrent nova and found it is one of the ...

Scientists at Nagoya University in Japan were surprised by their study results, which they say are "indisputable." ...

Scientists made the claim after analysing the data collected by the European Space Agency's recently retired Gaia spacecraft.

The galaxy next to ours might be getting torn apart, a study has suggested. The Small Magellanic Cloud, or SMC – a relatively ...

A team at Nagoya University in Japan has revealed new insights into the motion of massive stars in the Small Magellanic Cloud ...

A quiet neighbour of the Milky Way, the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC), appears to be falling apart. And scientists say they ...

An illustration shows a large galaxy ripping a smaller galaxy ... history of the three-body interaction between the two Magellanic Clouds and the Milky Way." The new findings could help scientists ...