Milky Way & the LMC

An artist’s impression of the Milky Way, with two of its satellite galaxies – the Large Magellanic Cloud and the Small Magellanic Cloud – in the bottom left.
An artist’s impression of the Milky Way, with two of its satellite galaxies – the Large Magellanic Cloud and the Small Magellanic Cloud – in the bottom left.
ESA/Gaia/DPAC, S. Payne-Wardenaar, L. McCallum et al (2025), Kevinmloch, F. Fraternali.