SYFY WIRE Explore The LatestMoviesTVGamesComicsInterviewsBad Astronomy All Posts Tagged Large Magellanic Cloud The first dormant black hole likely found lurking in another galaxy It orbits a monster star but isn't feeding off it. By Phil Plait | 6 months ago One of the brightest pulsars ever seen was somehow missed despite being right next door Luminous beacon was probably dismissed as a galaxy. By Phil Plait | 8 months ago It's galactic cannibalism all the way down A satellite galaxy of the Milky Way ate a satellite galaxy of its own. By Phil Plait | 1 year ago Black hole in Milky Way satellite galaxy found as it tosses around its companion It has a mass equivalent to 11.1 Suns. By Phil Plait | 1 year ago Cosmic beauty and terror mark the 30th anniversary of Hubble Space Telescope By Phil Plait | 2 years ago eROSITA is now scanning the skies for X-rays By Phil Plait | 3 years ago The Milky Way stole a lot of its satellite galaxies from another small galaxy By Phil Plait | 3 years ago Reassessing an irregular spiral: A spectacular image of the Large Magellanic Cloud By Phil Plait | 3 years ago 'Amateur' astronomers create an incredible 1000+ hour image of a galactic neighbor By Phil Plait | 3 years ago The imperfect perfection of the star cluster NGC 1898 By Phil Plait | 3 years ago
The first dormant black hole likely found lurking in another galaxy It orbits a monster star but isn't feeding off it. By Phil Plait | 6 months ago
One of the brightest pulsars ever seen was somehow missed despite being right next door Luminous beacon was probably dismissed as a galaxy. By Phil Plait | 8 months ago
It's galactic cannibalism all the way down A satellite galaxy of the Milky Way ate a satellite galaxy of its own. By Phil Plait | 1 year ago
Black hole in Milky Way satellite galaxy found as it tosses around its companion It has a mass equivalent to 11.1 Suns. By Phil Plait | 1 year ago
Cosmic beauty and terror mark the 30th anniversary of Hubble Space Telescope By Phil Plait | 2 years ago
The Milky Way stole a lot of its satellite galaxies from another small galaxy By Phil Plait | 3 years ago
Reassessing an irregular spiral: A spectacular image of the Large Magellanic Cloud By Phil Plait | 3 years ago
'Amateur' astronomers create an incredible 1000+ hour image of a galactic neighbor By Phil Plait | 3 years ago