Taken Under The "Wing" of the Small Magellanic Cloud

The Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC) is one of the Milky Way's closest galactic neighbors. Many navigators used this object to make their way across the oceans. A new composite image from three NASA telescopes -- Chandra, Hubble, and Spitzer -- shows this galaxy like Ferdinand Magellan, who lends his name to the SMC, could never have imagined.

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