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  • Images of the Milky Way and the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) are overlaid on a map of the surrounding galactic halo. The smaller structure is a wake created by the LMC's motion through this region. The larger light-blue feature corresponds to a high density of stars observed in the northern hemisphere of our galaxy. 

    Images of the Milky Way and the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) are overlaid on a map of the surrounding galactic halo. The smaller structure is a wake created by the LMC's motion through this region. The larger light-blue feature corresponds to a high density of stars observed in the northern hemisphere of our galaxy. 

    NASA/ESA/JPL-Caltech/Conroy et. al. 2021
  • Charlie Conroy

    Charlie Conroy

    Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian