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Large Magellanic Cloud

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Noun1.Large Magellanic Cloud - the larger of the two Magellanic Clouds visible from the southern hemisphere
Magellanic Cloud - either of two small galaxies orbiting the Milky Way; visible near the south celestial pole


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Knodlseder revealed an image captured by Fermi's Large Area Telescope (LAT) of a star-forming region known as 30 Doradus within the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC).
The Large Magellanic Cloud streams through space at 378 kilometers per second, while the Small Magellanic Cloud moves at 302 km/see.
Shock waves from a starburst region in the nearby Large Magellanic Cloud compress the surrounding gas, giving life to new generations of stars.
 
 
 
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